The Department of Financial Services (DFS) today announced it has adopted a new emergency regulation under New York Insurance Law requiring New York State insurance companies to waive cost-sharing, including, deductibles, copayments (copays), or coinsurance for in-network telehealth visits. Telehealth is the use of electronic information and communication technologies by a health care provider to deliver health care services to an insured while an insured is located at a site that is different from the site where the health care provider is located
In case you weren’t aware, there is no charge for telehealth sessions, including therapy done over the phone. If any of you could not afford therapy before, now is the time to act. There are many mental health providers taking on additional cases to help the influx of people needing therapy to cope with this worldwide traumatic event.