In any physical medical office you will be asked for ID and the receptionist will match the photo on your ID with your face in person, and may sometimes even request a photo of your face to place in the medical record. Likewise, we also require a picture of your ID and a selfie to match, since we are matching the ID to your selfie asynchronously instead of matching the ID to your face in person. This is in order to verify your identity, and is required by nationwide laws and regulations governing telemedicine. This ID and selfie matching is even more important online than in person since anyone who knows your name and date of birth could theoretically sign up for medical care and request prescriptions without your knowledge which would not only create confusion in your medical record, but lead to insurance fraud and leave the prescribing doctor liable for medical malpractice for prescribing medications to the wrong person.