Fueling telehealth’s rise, more doctors are licensed in all 50 states than ever before By Katie PalmerOct. 7, 2025

https://www.statnews.com/2025/10/07/telehealth-growth-doctors-with-50-state-licenses/ Historically, doctors have gotten their medical license — singular — in whatever state they live and practice in. A doctor with a handful of licenses was an anomaly, and someone with licenses for all fifty states and the District of Columbia was almost unheard of. But that’s changed in the years since Covid began driving patients online, STAT’s Katie Palmer reports. In part 2 of The Virtual Rx Boom, she explains how the number of physicians seeking multi-state licensure has ballooned to support the growing field of telehealth. To be clear, these doctors don’t max out on licenses just to practice in every state. Often, they own the medical groups affiliated with nationwide telehealth companies. “The telemedicine clients I work with, they can’t get into enough states fast enough or hire people fast enough because there’s such a big push right now,” attorney Bradford Adatto told Katie. By 2024, 172 doctors held active licenses in all 50 states, and another 356 doctors had acquired at least 45 — significantly outpacing the profession’s overall growth. Read more in this fascinating story, and don’t forget to go back to part 1 of the series if you haven’t read it yet.