Telehealth

Shoppers at Texas-based H-E-B grocery stores can now purchase telehealth visits for as much as $50 while buying produce.

Amerigroup Texas in now offering Medicaid recipients telehealth visits for medical and behavioral healthcare at no cost.

Cleveland Clinic's efforts to grow its patient population will be largely supported by the health system's telehealth visits, which it completed 46,000 of last year, according to Cleveland.com.

Visibly, a Chicago-based startup offering virtual eye exams, has halted its online testing after the FDA issued a class 2 device recall Aug. 8.

Amita Health St. Mary's Hospital Kankakee (Ill.) launched telemedicine services as part of its neurology and neurosurgery program.

University of Alabama at Birmingham will provide 24/7 nephrology care through telehealth to help treat kidney patients at Whitfield Regional Hospital in Demopolis, Ala., Demopolis Times reports.

A group of Wisconsin lawmakers recently introduced legislation that aims to expand telehealth healthcare services for Medicaid patients, Wisconsin Politics reports.

Northern Inyo Healthcare District in Bishop, Calif., was granted funding to establish a new telemedicine-equipped room after the successful launch of the organization's virtual care substance abuse program, Sierra Wave Media reports.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker unveiled a statewide initiative that aims to invest $420 million to expand broadband internet access in support of telehealth, education and economic development, WGEM, an NBC affiliate, reports.

Nurx, a San Francisco-based online prescribing startup, announced on Aug. 15 the close of a $52 million Series C funding round.