How Maine and New Hampshire Passed Laws Mandating Private Insurance Reimbursement for Telemedicine

Both Maine and New Hampshire in the Summer of 2009 passed laws which require insurance companies to pay for services delivered by telemedicine. For the benefit of other states who may ponder such a step, a new article on the TIE by Michael Edwards of the Northeast Telehealth Resource Center shares details about the similarities and differences in the laws and discuss some of what we know about how these laws got through the state legislatures.