The Center for Connected Health Policy’s (CCHP) Fall 2024 Summary Report of the state telehealth laws and Medicaid program policies is now available as well as updated information on our online Policy Finder tool. The most current information in the online tool may be exported for each state into a PDF document. The following is a summary of the current status of telehealth policy in the states (and jurisdictions) given these new updates. Traditionally, CCHP has released bi-annual summary reports each Spring and Fall to offer a snapshot of progress over the previous six months. However, last year CCHP announced a shift to an annual reporting schedule, with three rounds of updates to each jurisdiction in the Policy Finder throughout the year. CCHP is committed to providing timely policy information that is easy for users to navigate and understand through our Policy Finder. Additionally, sections of CCHP’s policy finder addressing COVID temporary policy as well as policy related specifically to federally qualified health centers (FQHC) (which had been included in CCHP’s online policy finder in previous years) have been phased out. COVID telehealth policies that have been made permanent or extended for multiple years have been incorporated into the appropriate relevant sections of the policy finder. Some FQHC policy addressing telehealth policies explicitly can also still be found in CCHP’s policy finder, often under the Medicaid section in the applicable general topic area. The information for this summary report covers updates in state telehealth policy made between October 2023 and early September 2024, with states being last updated between late May and early September 2024.
Read the executive summary
While this Executive Summary provides an overview of findings, it must be stressed that there are nuances in many of the telehealth policies. To fully understand a specific policy and all its intricacies, the full language of it must be read utilizing CCHP’s telehealth Policy Finder.
