Like most attorneys in the spring of 2020, I am working from home and composing this article on my laptop. Most of what I do can be done from anywhere that has an internet connection. Many forms of medical evaluation and treatment also can be performed remotely via commonly available technology. In some cases, telemedicine was already permitted, if not commonly used, before the advent of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, and in other situations a number of regulatory and reimbursement barriers have been modified to respond to the crisis.
First, we should define what we mean by “telemedicine.”
