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Plan the visit / Briefing

Video, phone or written care: compare the health review

Understand what happens in each visit format and check how follow-up questions, missing information and exams are handled.

Visit rules and board guidance: as of September 26, 2026.

Look past the format name

  • Confirm how you will talk

    Is the first health review by video, phone or a written exchange?

  • Check that questions can go both ways

    Can the person treating you ask for more detail, and can you ask your own questions?

  • Ask what happens if information is missing

    Can the visit change format, or can someone arrange an exam in person?

What each format asks of you

Live video

You and the person treating you speak at the same time with a camera.

Ask before paying

What is the plan if the connection fails or an exam is needed?

A phone call

You speak at the same time without a camera.

Ask before paying

Is a phone health review suitable and permitted for this concern?

A written exchange

You send information; the person treating you reads it and replies later.

Ask before paying

How will the person treating you follow up before reaching a decision?

A form can begin care without completing it

The Federation of State Medical Boards provides guidance to the state bodies that license doctors. It accepts live conversations or written exchanges, if they provide the required level of medical care.

Its guidance rules out deciding on treatment from a form that offers only set questions and answers. The person treating you must be able to get the details needed for your care, including by asking more questions.

The guidance adopted in May 2026 also calls for patients to be able to ask their own questions after care.

This is board guidance, not a nationwide law; state rules differ on written and phone health reviews.

Phone care has its own limits

The guidance treats a phone call as a fallback if you cannot use video or do not want it. Phone care can also be used when it is the accepted way to provide that service.

Phone care still has to meet your state’s rules and the needs of the care being offered.

See why state rules change the answer

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