Telehealth’s evolution + essential resources for you

Remember when video office visits were the latest and greatest thing in healthcare? We’ve “zoomed” past that first telehealth milestone in record time. 

Today you’ll discover a few of the ways telehealth continues to evolve. Plus, you’ll get resources to help you explore these innovations for your business.

But first, be sure to check out our latest updates on the 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) regarding chronic pain management and remote therapeutic monitoring. 

Now let’s get started.

Laboratory Testing in Virtual Care

No matter how advanced telehealth gets, clinicians still need lab results to provide good care. You can’t get a blood test or urine sample from a Zoom call (yet).

Thankfully the lab industry is expanding relationships with telehealth across the board.

Find out the details of insourcing, outsourcing, and building lab testing into your telemedicine model in this detailed overview by Partner Rebecca Gwilt and Senior Counsel Bethany Corbin.

Telepharmacy: A key component in delivering whole-person healthcare

Pharmacy is an incredibly important part of the healthcare ecosystem—for many patients, they see their pharmacist far more often than their primary care physician. And with the country’s largest healthcare companies adopting telepharmacy, this “kid sister” of telehealth is growing up fast.

Our resident telepharmacy expert Reema Taneja wrote a Primer on Telepharmacy for you. Read it to gain a high-level understanding of telepharmacy and how you can use and implement telepharmacy to positively impact patients, pharmacies, and healthcare providers.

Be sure to also check out her video on Key Areas to Check Before Adding Telepharmacy to Your Business Model, which also offers a downloadable checklist. 

TelePet: Virtual care for good girls and boys

With news like this summer’s $40M raise for Petfolk and media outlets like Forbes calling Pet Telehealth the next big thing, we’re glad to be a firm full of pet lovers who saw this coming long ago. Why shouldn’t our pets also benefit from virtual care?

To learn more about this space, you’ll first want to understand the top 3 considerations for TelePet startups in this engaging webinar with Kaitlyn O’Connor, Esq., and Reema Taneja, Esq. Be sure to download the checklist as you investigate the options for your business.

Find out why TelePet is changing the face of veterinary medicine in this insightful Decoding Healthcare Innovation podcast discussion with Animal Group Policy Founder and Author of Pet Nation, Mark Cushing.

Then listen in as Kaitlyn stops by the Veterinary Innovation Podcast to discuss the lessons from human telehealth, the range of VCPR (Veterinarian-Client-Patient Relationship) requirements across states, and why some state laws are regressing. 

Also, here’s a shameless plug for the NGL Dog Department (which is in a separate virtual wing from the NGL Cat Lounge, for obvious reasons).

Teledentistry: More than just clear aligners

With nearly a quarter of people in the US lacking dental coverage, this industry is ripe for innovation in virtual care. And it’s not just for retail businesses selling a more confident smile.

Tele-dentistry entrepreneurs are building solutions for remote examination of sore or swollen teeth and gums, screening for certain oral diseases and cancers, mobile dental hygiene, dental hygiene education, and more.

Kat Lozah, Esq., shares three of the key challenges in entering the emerging tele-dentistry space and how to approach them.

Ongoing resources for telehealth innovators like you

We’ve barely scratched the surface of the evolution of telehealth, and the opportunities (and complexities!) will continue to grow. 

Be sure to subscribe to our LinkedIn Telehealth and Virtual Care Updates newsletter. This biweekly roundup includes insights on the business impact of state and federal law and policy changes as well as timely resources related to telehealth and virtual care. 

And if you’re ready to explore telehealth innovations or expansions for your healthcare business, then we invite you to download our one-page overview to see why our experience and support can be a game-changer for you.

Whether we support you from the sidelines with our free resources or within your team as your healthcare innovation counsel, we’re proud to be working with you toward better telehealth access, care options, and patient outcomes for everyone. 

Conference Schedule

Partner Carrie Nixon continues her advocacy work at the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) EDGE Policy Conference in December. Reema Taneja, Esq., will be joining her.  Be sure to follow Carrie on LinkedIn for insights from this important policy conference for anyone concerned about the end of the Public Health Emergency and what it means for telemedicine and virtual care management (isn’t that all of us?).

Just a couple of weeks back from HLTH2022 in Las Vegas, and Partner Rebecca Gwilt, Senior Counsel Faisal Khan, and Senior Counsel Kaitlyn O’Connor are just now catching up on their sleep! 

Find out what got them so excited about the future of healthcare in this HLTH2022 conference recap from Rebecca. 

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Look for December’s newsletter to find out more about innovations in health equity. 

Until next time, we wish you a fun and festive season with family and friends.

Carrie Nixon and Rebecca Gwilt and the entire NGL Team








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