Provider Adaptation to Telehealth Licensure & Prescribing Rules

Thanks for taking a few minutes for this survey. We're studying how telehealth licensure and prescribing rules are affecting day-to-day practice. Your answers are confidential and will take about 5-6 minutes.

Which best describes your primary clinical role?

• Physician (MD/DO)
• Nurse practitioner
• Physician assistant
• Psychiatrist or other behavioral health prescriber
• Pharmacist
• Other licensed prescriber

In the last 30 days, what share of your patient visits were conducted via telehealth (audio or video)?

• None
• Less than 25%
• 25-50%
• 51-75%
• More than 75%

In how many states are you currently licensed, credentialed, or otherwise authorized to deliver telehealth care?

In the last 6 months, have you had to turn away, delay, or refer out a telehealth patient because you weren't licensed or authorized in their state?

• Yes, more than once
• Yes, once
• No
• Not sure

How much has each of the following recent regulatory changes affected your day-to-day telehealth practice?

How confident are you that you currently understand the telehealth prescribing and licensure rules that apply to your practice?

Which of these controlled-substance prescribing changes has affected your practice the most in the last year?

• Buprenorphine or other opioid use disorder treatment via telehealth
• ADHD stimulant prescribing restrictions
• Special registration or in-person exam requirements for telehealth prescribing
• None of these apply to my practice

Ask the respondent to walk through one specific, recent patient encounter where a telehealth licensure or prescribing rule directly shaped what they could do clinically - what the rule was, what decision they had to make, and what happened to the patient as a result. If they say no rule has ever affected a real case, probe whether they've changed any standing practice out of caution even without a concrete incident, and what that precaution cost them or the patient.

What would most reduce the administrative burden of staying compliant with multi-state telehealth rules for you?

• Automated license and eligibility verification tools
• Dedicated legal or compliance staff support
• Clearer guidance from professional or licensing boards
• Expansion of interstate licensure compacts
• Standardized federal rules replacing state-by-state variation

How well does your employer or organization keep you informed about changes to telehealth licensure and prescribing rules?

How many years have you been in clinical practice?

• Less than 2 years
• 2-5 years
• 6-10 years
• 11-20 years
• More than 20 years
• Prefer not to say

Which best describes your primary practice setting?

• Solo or small private practice
• Large group or multi-specialty practice
• Hospital or health system employed
• Direct-to-consumer telehealth company
• Academic medical center
• Other
• Prefer not to say

That's everything - thank you for sharing your experience. Your responses will be combined with other clinicians' to help identify where telehealth licensure and prescribing rules need clearer guidance or reform.