Will Telemedicine Stagnate Without Regulatory Reform?

The economics of healthcare services in the U.S. are inseparable from the regulatory and reimbursement environment. With respect to telehealth, this current environment is exceptionally complex to navigate.Ultimately, patients want to access healthcare services when, where and how it is most convenient to them. This is how we interact with most services in our lives. We shop, entertain ourselves, socialize, bank – even work, to a degree – through whichever physical or digital channels we choose, at times that we choose.This is the promise of telehealth and virtual health: massively expanded access to the point of customizable convenience. The current regulatory and reimbursement framework impedes that. Instead of a single labor market able to serve patients virtually, we have 50 localized markets.