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Five Opportunities to Use the Law to Address Persistent OUD Treatment Gaps 

Bill of Health

health care system, but that are especially present for behavioral health needs like substance use, and are exacerbated by other challenges related to stigma, lack of employment, and fragmented or nonexistent care coordination. This reality reflects structural, policy, and legal misalignments common to the entire U.S.

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Is a Federal Medical License Constitutional?

Bill of Health

Ogden (where the Court held that boat operators crossing state lines could be regulated only by the federal government), he suggests restrictions on telemedicine licensure are tantamount to unlawful state barriers on an obviously interstate industry. Marino et al., Alternative Legislative Approaches. Equally shaky is Marino et al.’s

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Telehealth Visits Can Improve Revenue, But They’re No Cornucopia

Healthcare IT Today

The American Telemedicine Association maintains a US bills related to telemedicine and their status. For several decades, health care reformers have been advocating “fee for value” or value-based care, which supposedly rewards long-term results instead of individual encounters. If the U.S.

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