{"id":17725,"date":"2018-05-11T18:40:45","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T18:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/05\/11\/va-lets-doctors-use-telemedicine-to-cross-state-lines\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:48:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:48:31","slug":"va-lets-doctors-use-telemedicine-to-cross-state-lines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/it-networks\/health-it\/2018\/05\/11\/va-lets-doctors-use-telemedicine-to-cross-state-lines\/","title":{"rendered":"VA lets doctors use telemedicine to cross state lines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Veterans Affairs healthcare providers will now be able to use telehealth and virtual technology to administer care to patients in other states, despite licensing restrictions, the VA announced May 11, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The VA instituted a new rule, designed in conjunction with the White House Office of American Innovation <\/a>and the Department of Justice, to give healthcare providers the authority to use telemedicine capabilities across the country to treat patients. Licensing restrictions and state-specific telehealth laws previously meant that healthcare providers were uncertain whether they could use virtual capabilities to treat patients that were in other states.<\/p>\n\n\n\t