What Is Virtual Care and Telehealth Insurance?
Virtual care and telehealth insurance addresses liability for remote consultations and other health care delivered through technology.
What Does Virtual Care and Telehealth Insurance Cover?
Virtual care and telehealth insurance addresses liability for healthcare services delivered through technology, including remote consultations. 2,3,1Remote Care Liability
Ask whether the quote addresses professional liability for remote care, not only a technology or general-liability label. 2,1Match the Work You Actually Do
Describe the full service: video consultations, remote monitoring and any technology used in patient care. A practice offering both remote and in-person visits should identify each. The activities named in the quote need to match what clinicians and the business actually provide. 3,1
| Work to describe | Place in the discussion |
|---|---|
| Video visit between a clinician and a patient | Telemedicine or remote consultation named in the quote |
| A device that sends readings from the patient’s home | Remote patient monitoring or technology used in care |
| An ordinary visit in a clinic | Check in-person and remote services in the quoted activities |
Who Needs Virtual Care and Telehealth Insurance?
Consider this if you deliver video consultations, remote patient monitoring or other health care through technology. 2,4,3
Coverage Examples
These are examples, not coverage guarantees. Your policy terms and the facts of the claim determine what is covered.
What happened
A Patient Challenges a Virtual Consultation
A patient alleges that advice given during a video consultation caused harm.
What happened
An Outage Disrupts Patient Monitoring
A platform outage interrupts remote monitoring, and a patient alleges that the delay caused an injury.
How Do You Compare Coverage and Costs?
Where Care Is Delivered
Identify where clinicians are licensed and where patients are located, then compare those places with the proposed coverage. 4,3For a cross-state visit, record both where the clinician is licensed and where the patient receives care. 4,3
Check the liability-insurance or other financial-responsibility requirements that apply to your clinicians and the states where patients receive care. 4Bodily Injury, Technology and System Outages
Ask whether the quote addresses bodily injury arising from remote care, from technology used in care, or from a system outage. 3,2,1Which Clinical and Cyber Questions Matter?
Clinical Claims Versus Cyber Incidents
A clinical-care allegation and a data or network-security incident are different quote questions even when both involve a digital-health platform. 2,3How Does It Compare With Related Coverage?
Medical Malpractice, Cyber, Technology E&O and General Liability
Compare virtual-care coverage with medical malpractice, cyber, technology errors and omissions, and general liability so each concern has an identified place in the insurance discussion. 2,3,1| Concern | Place in the discussion |
|---|---|
| Medical professional services, whether remote or in person | Ask which services the malpractice or virtual-care quote includes |
| A data or network-security incident | Cyber |
| A platform or software failure that causes a client financial loss | Technology errors and omissions (E&O) |
| Bodily injury or property damage away from professional care | General liability |
What Do You Need for a Quote?
Prepare a description of services, clinician licensing, patient locations, related cyber or malpractice coverage already in force, and the limits you want to discuss. 2,4,3Services, Licensing and Existing Coverage
| Prepare | How to use it |
|---|---|
| Services you actually deliver | Match telemedicine, monitoring and other technology-in-care work to the quote |
| Clinician licensing | Compare license states with the proposed coverage |
| Patient locations | Compare where care is received with the proposed coverage |
| Applicable liability-insurance or other financial-responsibility rules | Ask how the quote relates to the requirements that actually apply |
| Cyber or malpractice coverage already in force | Keep clinical, data and in-person questions from collapsing into one label |
| Limits you want to discuss | Compare the figures next to those activity and location answers |
Key Terms in Plain English
Professional Liability
Protection for covered claims about clinical services delivered remotely. 2,1
Patient Location
Where a patient receives care, which should be considered alongside clinician licensing and the coverage territory. 4,3
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Cyber Policy Replace Clinical Liability?
Does the Patient's Location Matter?
Can Telehealth Insurance Address Patient Injury From a System Outage?
Which Insurance Providers Offer Virtual care and telehealth?
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