Failure of Telemed Bill Seen as Discouraging Docs From Participating

Just as providers and regulators across the country have expanded the use of telemedicine during the coronavirus outbreak, Pennsylvania may have hit a stumbling block after a Senate bill regulating reimbursement of the practice was altered in the state House of Representatives. Gov. Tom Wolf said he supported an early version of Senate Bill 857 but was forced to veto the final bill after the House added wording that would have restricted the use of telemedicine to prescribe abortion-inducing drugs. “As amended, this bill interferes with women's health care and the crucial deci...