Bank of America granted $100,000 to UMass Memorial Health Care for its telemedicine program as the Worcester, Mass.-based health system navigates a longer than anticipated surge period of COVID-19 patients, according to Worcester Business Journal. 

The new coronavirus has helped speed healthcare trends such as telemedicine, which Humana CEO Bruce Broussard said will have a lasting impact on care delivery. 

The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken up the U.S. healthcare system, igniting fundamental changes to telemedicine that are likely to remain once the pandemic ends, according to a recent viewpoint article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. 

The Federal Communications Commission has approved 10 waves of COVID-19 telehealth program applications, funneling more than $104 million in funding to 305 healthcare providers across the U.S.

Optum continued to grow through the first quarter of 2020, even as the company turned its attention to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health expanded its Health at Home telehealth program, adding remote monitoring and medication management capabilities for COVID-19 and high-risk patients. 

St. Paul, Minn.-based Regions Hospital is testing a new ventilator developed by Medtronic that allows clinicians to monitor the devices without physically entering COVID-19 patient rooms, according to local NBC affiliate KARE. 

CMS is expanding its list of audio-only telephone services covered by Medicare as well as making several other updates to telehealth coverage.

HHS awarded $20 million to increase telehealth access and infrastructure in response to the COVID-19 pandemic for providers including the American Academy of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina Maternal Health Care.

Teladoc Health reported 2 million total virtual visits during the first quarter of 2020, up 92 percent from last year.