Telehealth
At the opening keynote of Becker’s 11th Annual Health IT + Digital Health + RCM Conference in Chicago, two health system technology leaders set up the argument that would carry through the rest of the week: The hardest problems facing…
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects an estimated 37 million U.S. adults — more than 1 in 10 — making it one of the most common chronic conditions in the country. But access to nephrology care is uneven. Patients in major…
Teladoc Health appointed Michael Grasher as CFO, effective Aug. 31. Mr. Grasher brings more than three decades of experience in the insurance and financial services sectors, including more than 12 years in CFO roles at public and privately held companies,…
Steven Richardson, the former owner of Expansion Media and Hybrid Management Group, was sentenced to two years in federal prison for a $110 million telehealth Medicare fraud scheme. U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton handed down the sentence Aug.…
Herbert Leon Kimble, 60, pleaded guilty Aug. 11 in federal court in Columbia, S.C., to conspiracy to defraud the United States and failure to appear, following his role in a $1.2 billion telemedicine and durable medical equipment fraud scheme. Mr.…
Advocate Health logged 2.2 million virtual care encounters in 2025, a 30% jump from the prior year, according to a new report. The Charlotte, N.C.-based health system now offers 47 virtual care services across 258 sites in 10 states. The…
Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health is expanding access to specialty kidney care for patients in rural Mendocino County through a telenephrology partnership with Adventist Health Ukiah Valley, helping bring nephrologists to a region that previously lacked local specialty care. The…
Remote patient monitoring has emerged as one of the most common uses of the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program, created under last year’s federal reconciliation law and administered by CMS. States, hospitals and health systems are citing remote monitoring…
The Federal Trade Commission sued Hims & Hers on July 29, alleging the San Francisco-based telehealth company shared consumers’ sensitive health information with third-party advertisers and deceived users about billing and cancellation practices. Utah and California joined the FTC as…
CMS wants to cut off Medicare payment for the third-party vendors that run most remote patient monitoring programs today. The provision, tucked into the proposed 2027 physician fee schedule, has drawn swift pushback from hospitals, physician groups and the vendors…