Couldn’t agree more. Obviously the pressure to maintain individual state licensing boards comes from the revenue they generate and the jobs they create. Additionally individual differences in state legislation of the practice of medicine comes into play here. Your driving license analogy goes only so far in that if you were to move from one state to another you would need to obtain a drivers license in that new state. And DMVs are also big revenue generators.
That being said, I agree there shots be the equivalent of the current PsyPact (https://psypact.org/) that currently shows for the practice of psychology in telehealth and limited face-to-face appointments for psychologists. Currently, over 40 states participate. This has been a godsend for we who are in the business of telehealth. I wish we had the same for the practice of medicine.
Couldn’t agree more. Obviously the pressure to maintain individual state licensing boards comes from the revenue they generate and the jobs they create. Additionally individual differences in state legislation of the practice of medicine comes into play here. Your driving license analogy goes only so far in that if you were to move from one state to another you would need to obtain a drivers license in that new state. And DMVs are also big revenue generators.
That being said, I agree there shots be the equivalent of the current PsyPact (https://psypact.org/) that currently shows for the practice of psychology in telehealth and limited face-to-face appointments for psychologists. Currently, over 40 states participate. This has been a godsend for we who are in the business of telehealth. I wish we had the same for the practice of medicine.
Thanks for the added clarity Barry. The federal government could solve this financially and from a regulatory standpoint
Agree with that, too, but there will be enormous pressure from the states to maintain the status quo.
Pay them off.
Great piece! In complete agreement!
Thanks. Share with legislators
That was totally my thinking too