How Patients Navigate Insurance Coverage for Weight-Loss Medications
Our own Tara Sklar, faculty director of Health Law at University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law and director of Telehealth Law and Policy at the Arizona Telemedicine Program, was recently interviewed in a Good Morning America report on weight-loss medications. Head to the 2:00-minute mark to see her in action!
Doctors and Patients are Calling for More Telehealth
MIT Technology Review, Feb. 21, 2025. Health Law faculty director, Tara Sklar, addresses outdated state-by-state medical licensing laws and how temporary extensions under Medicare reimbursement policies continue to prevent healthcare providers from treating patients across state lines.
New Medicaid Federal Work Requirements Mean Less Leeway for the States
CBS News, August 4, 2025. Professor Sklar discusses how the new federal Medicaid work requirements create legal uncertainty about whether states can implement their own stricter provisions or more lenient rules through demonstration waivers.
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