Archaic in-person exam law is holding back digital prescribing
A At a press conference in 1986, President Ronald Reagan said he felt the nine most terrible words in the English language were, "I am from the government and I am here to help." Many healthcare innovators know the cold and wonder if a well-intentioned agreement could technically-legally conflict with a chapter or verse of anti-kickback or coding or other law. Most of these laws come from a good place: something bad has happened in the world and enough people believed it wouldn't go away on its own that they brought the problem to Uncle Sam. But because healthcare is such an important safety net role and the government is the biggest player in it - think Medicare and Medicaid and CHIP and the VA - the uncle went a little crazy. One area where healthcare innovations may encounter the unintended consequences of a well-intentioned law is the Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act. It was enacted in 2008 to regulate internet prescriptions after Ryan Hai