November 30, 2017
Remote medical care provider Teladoc Inc. on Wednesday dropped its federal antitrust suit against the Texas Medical Board over rules requiring doctors to see patients face-to-face before providing services, months after a new state law was signed negating the rules.
April 10, 2017
A remote medical care provider and the Texas Medical Board, which have been feuding over a state rule requiring doctors to see patients face to face before providing services, has asked a Texas federal court to grant one more stay of the suit.
November 03, 2016
A remote medical care provider and the Texas Medical Board, which have been feuding over a state rule requiring doctors to see patients face to face before providing services, came together Wednesday and asked a Texas federal judge to put the dispute on hold so they can pursue negotiations.
August 16, 2016
A Texas federal judge on Monday held the Texas Medical Board waited too long before asking him to certify a Fifth Circuit appeal of his ruling that Teladoc Inc. can move forward with a challenge of a rule requiring doctors to see patients face to face before providing remote health care.
January 08, 2016
The Texas Medical Board said Friday it planned to appeal a federal judge's decision not to dismiss Teladoc Inc.'s antitrust challenge of a rule that requires physicians to see patients face-to-face before providing remote healthcare.
December 14, 2015
A Texas federal judge refused Monday to let the Texas Medical Board duck telemedicine provider Teladoc Inc.'s antitrust challenge of a new in-person visit rule, finding the board cannot claim sovereign immunity as an agent of the state because Texas lacks sufficient control.
October 23, 2015
Since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in February that state professional regulatory boards are not inherently shielded from antitrust challenges, a number of suits have piled into federal courts across the country, arguing that everything from rules requiring background checks for taxi app service drivers to disciplinary actions over dog vaccine doses thwart competition. Here are a few cases to watch as district courts begin to analyze those issues.
June 19, 2015
The Texas Medical Board said Thursday it's immune to telemedicine provider Teladoc Inc.'s antitrust challenge of a new regulation, telling a federal judge that the board acted as a state sovereign when requiring physicians to see patients face-to-face before providing remote health care.
April 29, 2015
Telemedicine provider Teladoc Inc. launched an antitrust suit Wednesday in Texas federal court seeking to block the Texas Medical Board's new requirement that doctors see patients in person before providing remote health care, a day after Teladoc filed initial public offering documents.