Telehealth Law
Telemedicine compliance, telehealth fraud red flags, and the regulatory landscape for virtual care.
Telehealth Billing Audits: Modifiers, Originating Sites, and Time
Medicare and Medicaid audits of telehealth claims focus on billing modifiers, the originating site requirement, and time-based doc…
Prescribing Controlled Substances via Telehealth: The Current Rules
The DEA's telemedicine flexibilities for controlled-substance prescribing run through the end of 2026. Here is what prescribers ne…
Approaching the Telehealth Policy Cliff: Medicare Telehealth Flexibilities to Expire Next Week
Without further congressional action, COVID-19 era telehealth flexibilities are set to expire on September 30, 2025. Read more to…
OIG Doubles Down on Increased Oversight for RPM in New Report
On August 28, 2025, the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General published a report outlining b…
RPM Roundup: Compliance Insights from Recent Remote Patient Monitoring Settlements
Federal enforcement actions are increasingly focused on remote patient monitoring (RPM) services. In this article, we break down t…
Proposed HIPAA Security Rule Overhaul: What’s Changing - and Why Telehealth Providers Should Act Now
The proposed changes to the HIPAA Security Rule stand to have a significant impact on telehealth providers, as they aim to strengt…
OIG Issues Advisory Opinion 25-03, A Roadmap for Compliant Telehealth Staffing Models
On June 6, 2025, the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General issued Advisory Opinion 25-03, of…
DOJ’s 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown: What it Means for Telehealth Providers
The DOJ’s 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown charged 324 people in schemes totaling $14 billion in intended losses, includin…
Telehealth Audit Season: OIG Found 7 Percent Error Rate in Pandemic-Era E/M Billing
A 2024 OIG study found that 7% of E/M services billed during the pandemic were noncompliant with Medicare billing requirements. We…