Online Adult ADHD Treatment in New Jersey

Searching for online ADHD treatment in New Jersey brings up national apps, subscription services and individual clinicians side by side. They do not all work the same way, and New Jersey has its own telehealth statute that sets the ground rules for every one of them. This page explains those rules in plain terms, so you can judge any online option, including Dr. Shershow's practice, before you book.

What New Jersey's telehealth law requires of any clinician

New Jersey's telemedicine and telehealth law (P.L.2017, c.117, codified at N.J.S.A. 45:1-61 and following, and amended several times since) allows a clinician who has established a proper provider-patient relationship to treat you remotely. It also sets conditions that protect you:

• A New Jersey license. A clinician using telehealth with a patient in New Jersey must be validly licensed to provide that service in New Jersey and stays under the authority of the New Jersey licensing board.
• The same standard of care. Diagnosis, treatment recommendations and prescriptions made by telehealth are held to the same standard as in-person care. If telehealth would not meet that standard, the clinician must direct you to in-person care.
• No questionnaire-only prescribing. Without a proper provider-patient relationship, a clinician may not issue a prescription based solely on your answers to an online static questionnaire.
• You can ask for a physician. You must be told when a telehealth visit may be with someone who is not a physician, and if you ask for a physician, the visit must be scheduled with one.
• Identity and contact details. The clinician's name, credentials and contact information must be available to you, and you must be able to reach the clinician, or a covering clinician, for at least 72 hours after the visit.
• Records follow you. The visit must be entered in your medical record and, if you ask, sent to your primary care clinician or another clinician you name.

You can check any New Jersey license yourself through the Division of Consumer Affairs license lookup. The steps are in how to verify a doctor's license in New Jersey.

Where you need to be during a video visit

The license that matters is the one for the state where you are physically located when the visit starts, not where you live or where your employer is. Dr. Shershow holds licenses in both New Jersey and New York, so a video visit works when you are in either state, for example at home in Montclair or in a private room at work in Manhattan. If you are traveling elsewhere on the day of a visit, call the office to reschedule. Which state's prescribing rules apply also follows your location, which matters for commuters. The guide for New Jersey residents who work in New York City walks through each combination.

Stimulants by telehealth: New Jersey's 2026 rule

New Jersey regulates telehealth prescribing of stimulants that are Schedule II controlled substances more tightly than other care. A medication's schedule is printed on its FDA label, and the prescriber can tell you whether yours is Schedule II. P.L.2026, c.40 took effect immediately when it was approved on July 8, 2026. For an adult patient located in New Jersey:

The law also says implementing regulations will follow. Whether the Board of Medical Examiners had adopted them could not be confirmed as of October 2026. Federal rules apply on top of state law: the DEA's temporary telemedicine flexibilities for controlled medications run through December 31, 2026, and what replaces them had not been published as of October 2026. The office will explain how visits are arranged for patients located in New Jersey. The rule is covered in more depth in telehealth ADHD prescriptions in New Jersey.

Not every ADHD medication is a stimulant, and a treatment plan does not always include medication. Whether medication fits, and which kind, is decided during the evaluation. See adult ADHD treatment for the options.

Insurance and telehealth in New Jersey

For health plans regulated by New Jersey, the telehealth law sets two kinds of parity:

• Coverage parity. A carrier must cover services delivered by telehealth on the same basis as in person, may limit coverage to its network, and may not charge a higher deductible, copay or coinsurance for a telehealth visit than for the same visit in person.
• Payment parity. P.L.2026, c.29, approved June 30, 2026, extends the requirement that telehealth be reimbursed at the in-person rate through December 31, 2027. It covers state-regulated plans, the State Health Benefits and School Employees' Health Benefits plans, Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare, with exceptions, such as telehealth companies that do not offer the same service in person in New Jersey.

These rules decide what a plan must do, not whether a particular clinician takes it. The office can tell you the current fees and how insurance works with the practice. For your own plan, does insurance cover adult ADHD in New Jersey lists the questions to ask.

Red flags when comparing online ADHD services

Using the statute as a checklist, be cautious with any service that:

1. Offers a prescription after a questionnaire, without a live visit with the prescriber.
2. Will not tell you the clinician's name and credentials before the visit, or who to contact afterward.
3. Has no New Jersey license on record for the clinician, or does not ask where you are at the start of a visit.
4. Promises a diagnosis or a stimulant before anyone has evaluated you.
5. Has no plan for the in-person visits New Jersey requires for adults starting a Schedule II stimulant by telehealth.

More warning signs, including federal enforcement cases, are in red flags of online ADHD clinics.

Starting care with Dr. Shershow from New Jersey

Dr. Shershow is a psychiatrist focused on adult ADHD. The evaluation looks at current symptoms, childhood, school and work history, health, sleep, medications and substances, and other explanations such as anxiety, depression or stress, and ends with what it found and the treatment options that fit. Before your first contact, it helps to note which state you will be in for visits and what, if any, ADHD medication you take now. Call the office or use the call-back form on this page. The office can answer questions about first-visit arrangements, fees and scheduling, which change and are not listed here. If you are still deciding, the adult ADHD self-test is a starting point for that conversation, not a diagnosis.