The State Jigsaw Puzzle

While there are ‘national’ policies, accreditation requirements, and technologies in U.S.;health care system, there are still wide variations at the state level.;Health insurance organizations are licensed at the state level—which means that even national employer health plans and Medicare health plans operate under state law. And states have a wide variety of state-specific requirements—ranging from clinician scope of practice and use of telehealth. For an example of the variance just in scope of practice, check out;Physician Assistant Scope Of Practice;and;Pharmacist Scope Of Practice.

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