Market Intelligence Resource | March 15, 2021
The Boom In Out-Of-State Telehealth Threatens In-State Providers
By Matt Volz, Kaiser Health News
HELENA, Mont. — When the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation began offering telehealth services in Montana in early February, the nation’s largest nonprofit addiction treatment provider promised quality care for far-flung residents without their even having to leave home.
That promise was what Montana and more than 40 other states had in mind when they temporarily relaxed rules restricting telehealth services and allowed out-of-state providers to hold remote patient visits for the duration of the covid-19 pandemic.
A year into the pandemic, telehealth has become widely accepted. Some states are now . . .
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