The Department of Veterans Affairs just passed a new federal regulation to allow its doctors, nurses and other health care providers to administer care to veterans using telehealth or other virtual technology to anywhere in the United States that trumps states rights.
The new regulation, 38 CFR § 17.417, is designed to support the Fall 2017 “Anywhere to Anywhere VA Healthcare Initiative” unveiled by former VA secretary David Shulkin.
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