Telehealth

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey recently signed legislation to expand telehealth services and coverage across the state. 

Telehealth provider Doctor on Demand and clinical navigation platform Grand Rounds have completed their merger, the companies said May 11. 

Digital therapeutics and virtual care provider Biofourmis named Maulik Majmudar, MD, its new chief medical officer, the Boston-based company said May 10.

Optum, Walmart and Amazon have torpedoed into telehealth as virtual visits were made popular during the pandemic.

CVS, Walmart, Rite Aid and Walgreens have entered the telehealth market to make mental healthcare more accessible, according to a May 7 article by The New York Times.

With the rapid adoption of telehealth over the past year, West Virginia University researchers are exploring patient trends to decipher the appropriate number of visits and lengths patients should partake, according to a May 7 news release.

COVID-19 has forever changed healthcare and consequently has led to a massive acceleration in the use of telehealth.

As COVID-19 vaccines continue to be rolled out and a post-pandemic world seems within reach, it is still important to reflect on the past year and how Amwell clients exemplified telehealth excellence and led the way in providing and expanding…

Three telemarketing company owners have been charged for their alleged participation in a $46 million healthcare fraud, money laundering and kickback scheme for referring medically unnecessary cancer genetic tests to labs for kickbacks, the Justice Department said May 3.

Virtual care was a vital part of medical care during the pandemic, but as the pandemic curbs, so should telehealth, Elisabeth Rosenthal, MD, former emergency room physician and editor-in-chief of Kaiser Health News, wrote in an April 29 op-ed published…