Federal Court Issues Injunction Against Texas Medical Board

A U.S. District Court in San Antonio issued a temporary injunction Friday in case number 1:15-cv-00343 against the Texas Medical Board in a lawsuit filed by Teladoc for a ruling made April 10, a news release from Teladoc said. Teladoc is a telehealth provider with 10 million members and is on track to conduct more than 500,000 consults during 2015. The injunction indicated Teladoc is likely to succeed in showing that the revisions to Rule 190.8 adopted in April by the Texas Medical Board "illegally limit competition by requiring a face-to-face visit before physicians are allowed to prescribe medication to patients," Teladoc said in the release. The ruling prohibits the enforcement of the revised medical board rule until after trial to determine whether the new rule violates the law. This decision marks the sixth occasion in the past four years that the courts have sided with Teladoc against the Texas Medical Board’s repeated attempts to limit access to affordable, quality health care in the state, Teladoc said.