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Three Things to Know:

  1. Standards of care for telehealth services are generally the same as those for in-person care, and several states took steps to enact them into legislation.

  2. During COVID-19, all 50 states allowed patient-provider relationships to be established remotely for prescribing medications, although most states still required an in-person examination for prescribing controlled substances. Post-pandemic, states are reassessing their requirements, resulting in a varied regulatory landscape.

  3. Forty-five states and the District of Columbia require providers to inform patients of the potential risks and benefits of telehealth usage.

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