https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog Telehealth compliance, state rules and operations insights for practices and telehealth companies. en-us Fri, 09 Oct 2026 03:55:34 GMT https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/dea-telemedicine-rules-2027 https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/dea-telemedicine-rules-2027 The DEA's fourth temporary extension ends December 31, 2026. What January 1 looks like depends on whether the special registration rule is published in time, whether DEA extends again, or neither. The three outcomes, the rules that survive any of them, and the work a practice should finish before Thanksgiving. Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/how-to-launch-a-telehealth-service-line https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/how-to-launch-a-telehealth-service-line A telehealth service line is a set of decisions made in a fixed order: the clinical scope, the states, who prescribes what, the vendors, the policies, and then the payers. The sequence that keeps a launch from stalling, the federal dates that shape it in 2026 and 2027, and a launch checklist. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/dea-special-registration-explained https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/dea-special-registration-explained DEA's January 2025 proposal would create three special registrations, per-state telemedicine registrations, a nationwide PDMP check and a Schedule II cap. None of it is final. What the proposal says, what it would cost, and which parts a telehealth practice can prepare for now without betting on the final text. Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/choosing-a-telehealth-platform https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/choosing-a-telehealth-platform Feature demos all look alike. What separates telehealth platforms is the contract: the business associate agreement, who owns the data, what the vendor may do with it, where the patient's location is captured, and how the payment terms will look on a Medicare claim from 2027. A clause-by-clause checklist. Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/ryan-haight-act-in-person-exam https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/ryan-haight-act-in-person-exam Since 2008, federal law has required at least one in-person medical evaluation before a controlled substance is prescribed over the internet, with seven exceptions. What counts as an in-person evaluation, who can rely on someone else's, and why most of the exceptions do not fit a direct-to-consumer telehealth company. Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/telehealth-pharmacy-partner-selection https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/telehealth-pharmacy-partner-selection A telehealth practice's pharmacy partner has to be licensed in every state you ship to, willing to fill what you prescribe, and set up so your marketing never claims its product as yours. What to check before you sign, how 503A and 503B differ, and the contract terms that keep the arrangement defensible. Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/buprenorphine-telemedicine-rule https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/buprenorphine-telemedicine-rule 21 CFR 1306.51 lets a DEA-registered practitioner start buprenorphine for opioid use disorder by video or phone, after a PDMP check, for up to six calendar months. It took effect December 31, 2025 and does not expire with the temporary rule. The conditions, the six-month clock, the pharmacy ID check, and how to run a tele-OUD program around them. Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/telehealth-lab-partner-selection https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/telehealth-lab-partner-selection A telehealth practice that orders labs needs three things from a lab partner: a way to get a specimen from every patient, permission to test specimens from every state you serve, and results that land in front of the ordering clinician. How draw-site networks and home kits compare, the New York permit trap, and what to put in the contract. Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/adhd-stimulants-by-telehealth https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/adhd-stimulants-by-telehealth Amphetamine and methylphenidate products are Schedule II, which puts virtual ADHD care at the sharp end of every federal and state telehealth rule. What the DEA's temporary rule allows through December 31, 2026, what the special registration proposal would add, and the state laws that already limit Schedule II by telehealth. Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/telehealth-policies-and-procedures-list https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/telehealth-policies-and-procedures-list Fourteen written policies a telehealth practice should adopt before its first visit, what each one has to say, and the federal or state rule behind it. Includes the ones that get skipped (patient location, website tracking, prescriber coverage) and how to prove staff were trained. Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/testosterone-telehealth-prescribing https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/testosterone-telehealth-prescribing Testosterone is a Schedule III anabolic steroid, so a men's health or hormone clinic prescribing it by video is a controlled substance prescriber with every obligation that carries. The federal rules for Schedule III, what the DEA special registration proposal would change, and the states that restrict it further. Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/telehealth-identity-verification https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/telehealth-identity-verification No general federal rule tells a telehealth practice how to verify a patient's identity, but DEA's buprenorphine rule already requires pharmacists to do it, and the proposed special registration rule would require prescribers to keep a photo record. A tiered process that meets today's rules and the proposed ones. Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/ketamine-telehealth-prescribing https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/ketamine-telehealth-prescribing Ketamine is Schedule III, approved only as an anesthetic, and the subject of two FDA warnings about compounded at-home use. Esketamine has a REMS that keeps it in certified clinics. What that means for a telehealth ketamine program's prescribing, pharmacy and monitoring model, and where the DEA's 2027 decision fits. Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/telehealth-compliance-calendar https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/telehealth-compliance-calendar A telehealth compliance calendar has two layers: the recurring dates every clinician and entity carries (licenses, registrations, revalidations) and the rule dates that move the whole practice. The 2026 to 2028 rule dates to put on it now, the recurring items, and how to set lead times so nothing lapses. Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/pdmp-checks-for-telehealth-prescribers https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/pdmp-checks-for-telehealth-prescribers A clinician prescribing controlled substances into eight states answers to eight prescription drug monitoring programs, each with its own trigger, schedule list and timing. Four state mandates side by side, the federal buprenorphine rule's PDMP condition, what DEA proposed for special registrants, and how to run checks without missing one. Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/telehealth-medical-director-role https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/telehealth-medical-director-role A telehealth medical director owns the clinical protocols, the oversight of every prescriber, and the authority to say no to growth plans that outrun clinical judgment. What the job covers, what it should not cover, the licenses the director needs, and why the Done Global sentencing changed how founders should think about the role. Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/questionnaire-only-prescribing-bans https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/questionnaire-only-prescribing-bans Many states say in statute or board rule that an online questionnaire cannot by itself support a prescription. A few say the opposite, if the standard of care is met. The states we have verified on each side, how Texas defines the acceptable methods instead, and what an intake built on forms needs to add. Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/multi-state-telehealth-expansion-sequence https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/multi-state-telehealth-expansion-sequence Expanding into states in the wrong order is the most expensive mistake in telehealth growth: licenses applied for in states the service line cannot legally serve, payer enrollments filed before the clinician is licensed, structure problems found after launch. A scoring method for ranking states, the sequence of work inside each state, and the per-state checklist. Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/asynchronous-telehealth-by-state https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/asynchronous-telehealth-by-state Store-and-forward care is allowed almost everywhere once a relationship exists. Whether it can start one is a different question, and the answer runs from California's express yes to Mississippi's and Rhode Island's real-time requirement. The states we have verified on each side, with citations. Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/telehealth-investor-diligence-checklist https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/telehealth-investor-diligence-checklist Healthcare investors now run regulatory diligence on telehealth companies before they look hard at growth. The questions they ask in 2026 about licensure, prescribing, the DEA cliff, structure, data and marketing, the documents that answer each, and the state transaction-notice laws that can add months to a closing. Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/florida-telehealth-schedule-ii-limits https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/florida-telehealth-schedule-ii-limits Florida bars Schedule II prescribing by telehealth except in four situations, and stacks on top of that an opioid supply limit, seven-day caps for NPs and PAs, a mandatory PDMP check and electronic prescribing. How the rules combine for ADHD, pain and psychiatric practices treating Florida patients. Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/friendly-pc-mso-model-explained https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/friendly-pc-mso-model-explained Most venture-backed telehealth companies run on two entities: a professional corporation owned by a physician that employs the clinicians, and a management services organization that owns everything else. How the model works, the four agreements that hold it together, where states have started to restrict it, and the questions to bring to counsel. Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/texas-telemedicine-chronic-pain-rule https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/texas-telemedicine-chronic-pain-rule Texas lets physicians and APRNs treat chronic pain with scheduled drugs by telemedicine only over two-way audio and video, with one narrow refill exception tied to a visit in the last 90 days. The rule's text, how Texas defines chronic pain, the Schedule II delegation limit for NPs and PAs, and where pain clinic certification comes in. Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/corporate-practice-of-medicine-telehealth https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/corporate-practice-of-medicine-telehealth The corporate practice of medicine doctrine bars or limits companies not owned by physicians from practicing medicine, and in telehealth the rule that matters is usually the patient's state, not the company's. How the doctrine varies, how it reaches a company with no office in the state, what triggers scrutiny, and how to organize the question for counsel. Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/telehealth-registration-states https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/telehealth-registration-states CCHP counts 18 states, plus Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, with a telehealth-specific registration or license. They are not interchangeable: some cover every licensed profession, some only physicians, some only behavioral health, and some cap patients or bar controlled substances. A state-by-state map of the pathways we have verified for physicians, NPs and PAs. Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/oregon-sb-951-mso-law https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/oregon-sb-951-mso-law Oregon's SB 951, signed June 9, 2025, is the strictest state limit yet on how management services organizations may own and control medical practices. What the law restricts, the dates that apply to new and existing arrangements, the narrow telemedicine exemption, and the questions a telehealth company with Oregon patients should take to counsel. Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/florida-telehealth-registration-physicians https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/florida-telehealth-registration-physicians Fla. Stat. § 456.47(4) lets physicians, NPs and PAs licensed elsewhere treat Florida patients by telehealth after registering with the Florida board for their profession. The five eligibility conditions, the public profile the Department of Health publishes for every registrant, the limits on offices and in-person care, and how Florida's prescribing rules follow registrants. Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/rpm-program-setup-checklist https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/rpm-program-setup-checklist A Medicare remote patient monitoring program is a set of conditions of payment that each have to be true every month: an established patient, consent, a qualifying device, enough days of data, live interactive communication, one billing practitioner, and staff supervised the right way. The rules as of 2026, the changes CMS proposed for 2027, and a setup checklist built from what OIG found when it audited RPM. Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/delaware-interstate-telehealth-registration https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/delaware-interstate-telehealth-registration Delaware lets clinicians licensed elsewhere treat Delaware patients by telehealth through an interstate registration with the Division of Professional Regulation, as long as no compact Delaware belongs to covers them. The eligibility test in 24 Del. C. § 6002, the relationship rules in § 6003, and the controlled substance registration that comes on top. Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/rpm-short-monitoring-periods-2026 https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/rpm-short-monitoring-periods-2026 Since January 1, 2026, Medicare pays for remote monitoring months with as few as 2 days of data and for 10-minute treatment management months. That fixes a real problem with short monitoring episodes and creates a new one: programs that drift toward the minimum. What changed, how to use the new codes well, and the reports to run. Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/vermont-telehealth-license-and-registration https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/vermont-telehealth-license-and-registration Vermont offers out-of-state clinicians two telehealth-only credentials with hard patient caps: a registration for up to 10 patients over 120 days and a license for up to 20 patients per two-year term. Physicians and PAs can get them from the Board of Medical Practice now; DOs, NPs and other OPR professions are still on an interim registration while rules are finished. Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/rpm-direct-employee-proposal-2027 https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/rpm-direct-employee-proposal-2027 CMS has proposed that, from January 1, 2027, Medicare pay for remote physiologic and therapeutic monitoring only when the clinical staff are direct employees of the billing practitioner or practice. What the proposal says, what it would end, what it would not require, and how practices that outsource monitoring should prepare before the final rule. Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/arizona-telehealth-provider-registration https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/arizona-telehealth-provider-registration A.R.S. § 36-3606 lets a clinician licensed in another state treat Arizona patients by telehealth after registering with the matching Arizona board. What the application requires, the annual encounter report, the multistate-group office exception, the four situations that need no registration at all, and the PDMP step before any controlled substance. Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/oig-rpm-report-lessons https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/oig-rpm-report-lessons Two OIG reports, in September 2024 and August 2025, found that 43 percent of Medicare RPM enrollees did not get all three parts of the service and set out the billing patterns OIG will watch. CMS cited both reports in its 2027 proposals. What each report found, what it means for a practice, and the internal reports that answer OIG's questions before anyone asks. Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/telehealth-consent-form-requirements https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/telehealth-consent-form-requirements CCHP counts consent requirements in 45 states plus DC and Puerto Rico, but many are Medicaid-only, and the ones that bind every clinician differ in form, timing and content. The statutes and board rules we have verified, the elements they share, the outliers in Vermont, Connecticut, Louisiana and Texas, and how to write one consent that works in every state. Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/rtm-vs-rpm https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/rtm-vs-rpm RPM tracks physiologic data that a device uploads automatically. RTM tracks how a patient is responding to or following a therapy, can use data the patient reports, and can be billed by clinicians who cannot bill evaluation and management services, such as physical therapists. How the two differ, why you can't bill both for one patient at once, and what the 2027 proposals would change for RTM. Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/establishing-patient-relationship-by-telehealth https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/establishing-patient-relationship-by-telehealth Nearly every state now lets a clinician form a new patient relationship without meeting in person, but each attaches conditions: who can be identified, which modality counts, what the first visit must include, and when an in-person visit must follow. The common elements, the modality split on audio-only and async, and the outliers such as Alabama's four-visit rule and Georgia's annual visit expectation. Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/rpm-device-vendor-selection https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/rpm-device-vendor-selection An RPM device vendor sells you three things: devices that meet Medicare's definition, data that arrives on enough days to bill, and a contract you can live with if the 2027 rules change. The device, connectivity, data, software and contract questions to ask, and the pricing models that deserve a lawyer's look. Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/telehealth-licensure-exceptions https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/telehealth-licensure-exceptions CCHP counts licensure exceptions in 38 states plus DC and Puerto Rico, and almost all of them are narrow. Physician-to-physician consults are widely exempt; follow-up care for a patient who traveled or moved is exempt in a smaller set of states, usually with a clock. The two kinds of exception, the states we have verified for each, and the limits that trip practices up. Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/glp1-telehealth-marketing-after-fda-letters https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/glp1-telehealth-marketing-after-fda-letters FDA has now sent three waves of warning letters to telehealth companies over how they market compounded GLP-1 drugs, citing the misbranding provisions of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The claims FDA objected to, the legal basis, and a page-by-page review of a weight-loss program's website, ads and checkout. Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/patient-location-verification https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/patient-location-verification The patient's physical location during the visit decides which state's license, prescribing rules, PDMP and consent apply, and where emergency services must go. Several states require the location to be verified by rule. Why the billing address is the wrong field, what the statutes say, and a five-step check that takes thirty seconds. Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/compounded-glp1-what-changed https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/compounded-glp1-what-changed When FDA took tirzepatide and semaglutide off its drug shortage list, the legal basis for most mass compounding of those drugs went with it. The dates, the grace periods, the 'essentially a copy' rule that now governs 503A pharmacies, and what a telehealth weight-loss program has to be able to show about every compounded prescription. Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/telehealth-emergency-protocols https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/telehealth-emergency-protocols When a patient on a video visit has chest pain or says they plan to harm themselves, the clinician is hundreds of miles from the ambulance that needs to reach them. Colorado writes the duty into statute; Louisiana, Georgia and Mississippi require emergency disclosures. What a written protocol needs, how 911 routing actually works, and the drills that make it usable. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/telehealth-pixels-and-health-data https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/telehealth-pixels-and-health-data Four regimes now reach the tracking code on a telehealth website: HIPAA, the FTC Act, the FTC Health Breach Notification Rule, and state consumer health data laws such as Washington's. What BetterHelp, Cerebral, Monument and GoodRx were charged with, what the 2024 court ruling on OCR's guidance did and did not change, and a page-by-page method for deciding where marketing tags may run. Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/telehealth-payment-parity-laws https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/telehealth-payment-parity-laws Coverage parity says a plan must cover a service by telehealth if it covers it in person. Payment parity says it must pay the same. CCHP counts explicit payment parity in 24 states plus Puerto Rico, but the laws carry conditions: behavioral-health-only parity, contract opt-outs, in-state presence tests and sunset dates. The verified state examples, the exceptions, and what parity does not reach. Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/washington-my-health-my-data-act-telehealth https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/washington-my-health-my-data-act-telehealth Washington's My Health My Data Act reaches health data that HIPAA does not: the website visitor who has not become a patient, the quiz answer, the inferred condition. It requires opt-in consent to collect and separate consent to share, a signed authorization to sell, and lets consumers sue. What it covers, where the HIPAA exemption stops, and a compliance checklist for telehealth companies. Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/medicare-telehealth-through-2027 https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/medicare-telehealth-through-2027 Section 6209 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 moved the Medicare telehealth end date from January 30, 2026 to December 31, 2027, and pushed the tele-mental-health in-person requirement to January 1, 2028. A line-by-line reading of what was extended, what was added, and what was left out. Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/ftc-health-breach-notification-rule https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/ftc-health-breach-notification-rule The FTC's Health Breach Notification Rule covers health apps and services that HIPAA does not, and since July 29, 2024 it says plainly that an unauthorized disclosure, such as sending health data to an ad platform, is a breach. Who it covers (including some cash-pay telehealth models), what counts as a breach, the notice deadlines, and the enforcement record. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/medicare-telehealth-cliff-plan https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/medicare-telehealth-cliff-plan Medicare's telehealth flexibilities are scheduled to end after December 31, 2027. The 2025 lapse showed what an unplanned cliff does to visit volume. A five-part plan for a practice with Medicare telehealth revenue: measure exposure, sort patients by pathway, line up in-person capacity, script the patient message, and set the decision dates. Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine) https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/done-global-case-lessons https://www.whiteglovetelemedicine.com/blog/done-global-case-lessons Done Global's founder was sentenced to six years in prison in July 2026, and its clinical president to two, after the first federal criminal trial of a telehealth company over controlled-substance distribution. What prosecutors said the platform did, why the design choices themselves became evidence, and a self-audit for any telehealth company that prescribes controlled substances. Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@whiteglovetelemedicine.com (White Glove Telemedicine)