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I thought you guys would find this very interesting.
Long-story short, California mandates that physicians who perform telehealth services on Califorina residents need to be licensed in the state. This runs afoul of an MSKSCC Rad Onc who used to perform TH consults on CA patients, but can no longer do so because of said legislation. The claimant in the lawsuit is licensed in NY, but not in CA and (apprently has no desire/capacity to do so).
Of course, California being the backward-ass state that it is has absolutely no capacity to provide the same level of care as MSKCC (*cough* UCSF *cough* Stanford *cough* USC *cough* UCLA *cough* COH *cough* UCSD). Maybe MSKCC ought to be allowed to convince rich patients to fly out to Manhattan so they can get eight weeks of protons for their low-risk prostate cancer?
New lawsuit challenges California's telehealth laws that put patients at risk
Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) filed a federal lawsuit today challenging unconstitutional limits on telehealth that prevent California patients from accessing specialty care that local doctors are not able to provide.
pacificlegal.org
Long-story short, California mandates that physicians who perform telehealth services on Califorina residents need to be licensed in the state. This runs afoul of an MSKSCC Rad Onc who used to perform TH consults on CA patients, but can no longer do so because of said legislation. The claimant in the lawsuit is licensed in NY, but not in CA and (apprently has no desire/capacity to do so).
The restrictions also affect out-of-state medical specialists whose care is critical to their patients in California. This includes Dr. Sean McBride, a respected radiation oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. He uses telehealth to consult with his out-of-state patients, and to discuss whether they should travel to New York for advanced in-person treatments. He also uses telehealth to follow up with his patients upon their return home after treatment.
Of course, California being the backward-ass state that it is has absolutely no capacity to provide the same level of care as MSKCC (*cough* UCSF *cough* Stanford *cough* USC *cough* UCLA *cough* COH *cough* UCSD). Maybe MSKCC ought to be allowed to convince rich patients to fly out to Manhattan so they can get eight weeks of protons for their low-risk prostate cancer?