Healthcare Laws

Healthcare is a highly regulated industry with a multitude of complex laws at the federal, state, and local levels. To ensure healthcare professionals can deliver the best health care services to their patients, our Telehealth & Telemedicine Practice advises on the proper navigation of laws and regulations among providers, payers and vendors in the healthcare industry with an emphasis on operations, regulatory and transactional issues, Telehealth and Telemedicine. We also offer expert guidance covering:

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• HIPAA compliance

• Affordable Care Act

• HITECH

• Medicare and Medicaid compliance

• Stark Law

• Anti-kickback statutes

• Physicians agreements and associations

• Telehealth and Telemedicine regulatory compliance 

• CARES ACT and SBA Loans for providers under the Act

• Loans and grants application process and compliance requirements

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Telehealth, telemedicine, and related terms generally refer to the exchange of medical information from one site to another through electronic communication to improve a patient’s health. 

 

Telehealth Provider is broadly defined as an individual who provides a health care service using telehealth, which includes, but is not limited to, a licensed physician, podiatrist, optometrist, nurse, nurse practitioner, pharmacist, dentist, chiropractor, acupuncturist, midwife, speech language pathologist, audiologist, occupational therapist, radiological personnel, respiratory therapist, dietician, athletic trainer, orthotist, pedorthist, prosthetist, electrologist, massage therapist, medical physicist, optician, hearing aid specialist, physical therapist, psychologist, clinical social worker, mental health counselor, psychotherapist, marriage and family therapist, behavior analyst, basic or advanced life support service, or air ambulance service. Telehealth provider also includes an individual licensed under a multi-state health care licensure compact of which Florida is a member state or an individual who obtains an out-of-state telehealth registration.

 

The Florida telehealth bill, H.B. 23; “cements the validity of telehealth services in Florida, establishes new telehealth practice standards, creates a registration process for out-of-state health care professionals to use telehealth to deliver health care services to Florida patients."