In recent telehealth news, the governor of Mississippi has signed SB 2415 into law, which mandates that health insurance plans cover telemedicine services to the same extent as in-person consultations. The bill also requires that all health insurance and employee benefit plans in Mississippi reimburse out-of-network providers for telemedicine services under the same reimbursement policies applicable to other out-of-network providers.

Read more about other telemedicine-related legislative and regulatory developments in our monthly Trending in Telehealth report.