The On-The-Ground Reality Of Making Telehealth Work

Our article on the relatively low use of telehealth services in federal health care programs, The Telehealth Numbers Are In – And They Aren’t Too Impressive, got some interesting feedback from our readers. Many of the comments had to do with the challenges of management teams trying to make telehealth work. John D. Young LCSW, Executive Director of Rockbridge Area Community Services, in Lexington, Virginia put the challenges in perspective:

The experience for our clinic in the Shenandoah Valley Region of Virginia has been challenging for our use of telehealth due to Virginia regulations. The reimbursement rates are low and . . .