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Trending in Telehealth: March 2025

by Amanda Enyeart and Lauren Ellison | Apr 22, 2025 | Digital Health, Health and Welfare Plans

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.

States Adopt Interstate Compacts, Expand Behavioral Health Access

by Amanda Enyeart, Taylor Hood and Adetoro Olugbemi | Feb 7, 2024 | Digital Health, Employee Benefits, Health and Welfare Plans

Multiple states – including Mississippi, New Jersey and Virginia – have been busy finalizing legislation and rulemaking to adopt interstate compacts and expand behavioral health access.

What else have these states been up to in recent weeks?

Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact Eases the Practice of Nursing across State Lines

by Lisa Schmitz Mazur and Sandra M. DiVarco | Oct 17, 2017 | Employee Benefits, Employment, Health and Welfare Plans

The Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (Compact) has now been adopted by 26 states, which means the Compact will be taking effect on January 19, 2018. Nurses who seek to practice telemedicine and deliver in-person care across state lines and who meet the Compact’s licensure requirements in these states will have one less obstacle to overcome going forward.