Background

In recent years, telehealth, or the delivery of healthcare over a distance using telecommunications technologies, has had a dramatic impact on the modalities and models of healthcare delivery used by healthcare practices and health systems throughout the country.1  Its exponential expansion, spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, has been further facilitated by the removal of restrictive policies and regulations by both federal and state governments. The relaxation of originating site restrictions, the opportunity for parity in payment, and a broadening of which types of clinicians can use telehealth for services all have added to the increased adoption of telehealth.