Hello! I am a physician working with a nonphysician friend on dipping our toes into telehealth. We plan to offer urgent care type visits in two states, NY and FL.

For anyone that started this I just wanted to get an understanding of some basics so I can ask better questions to our attorney.

  1. In NY I know the business needs to be under a PC; can the non-physician be part owner, or does it need to be 100% the PC? Conversely, can a shell LLC own the business, but contracts to the PC to provide the services?

  2. We plan on starting cash only with competitive prices while we start before we undertake the behemoth of insurance billing. We have a system to store HPI / patient data. Even though technically HIPAA does not apply we plan on acting as it is. Any suggestions for a low volume HIPAA compliant platform.

  3. Any suggestions on e-prescribing services?

  4. Any other tips or pitfalls for those that have done this?

  • LowSkyOrbit@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m not a lawyer. I’m a Healthcare Quality Specialist and can only speak to that topic.

    1. Work within the laws. You clearly don’t know the laws you need to work under and your partner doesn’t either. Your jumping into a crowded and very strict law filled area. Be warned. NY health laws will likely set precedent in most matters. Once you practice in multiple states things get messy.

    2. You will be required to follow HIPAA guidelines. I don’t understand who told you otherwise.

    3. Look at Kareo. Cloud based and offers a lot of options for smaller companies.

    4. Offer monthly low rate plans or sign up with insurers as fast as you can. You better be able to offer something that easily competes against TeleDoc and Amazon. Seriously try to understand the market you are trying to enter. It’s getting crowded and you got Telehealth becoming an offered service for every insurance plan.