Applicant Miguel Antonados withdraws Mississippi license application after Washington telemedicine order draws scrutiny

Miguel Antonados, a physician who practices primarily through telemedicine, withdrew his application for a Mississippi medical license during a show-cause hearing after the State Board of Medical Licensure reviewed an agreed order entered by the Washington Medical Commission.

What the board reviewed: The Washington agreed order, entered in August 2023 and signed by Antonados and counsel, states that Antonados prescribed ivermectin for at least four Washington residents after patient encounters that began through an online questionnaire; the order says those encounters lacked a previously established physician–patient relationship and that real-time audio–visual consultation was not used in those specific cases. The Washington order (stipulated findings,…