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Mississippi nephrologists urge guardrails for tele‑nephrology; board asks staff to review subspecialty telemedicine rules
Summary
Representatives of the Mississippi Kidney Council told the board that out‑of‑state value‑based and telemedicine organizations are seeking to manage local patients remotely; the council urged requiring at least one in‑person visit per year for internal medicine subspecialties and the board asked staff to review regulations.
A delegation from the Mississippi Kidney Council told the State Board of Medical Licensure May 22 that emerging telemedicine and value‑based care organizations are contracting with commercial payers to manage chronic kidney disease remotely and that states must guard against remote models that never see patients in person.
Mark Philippi and other nephrologists said the threat is that a for‑profit value organization could manage…
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