Carenet Health, a San Antonio-based provider of telehealth and healthcare engagement solutions, announced July 1 its acquisition of Morrisville, N.C.-based Citra Health Solutions' engagement and telehealth subsidiary.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is providing free mental and physical telehealth visits for its health plan members who have recently been affected by severe weather and storms in areas of Ohio and South Dakota.

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City recently launched the Hauser Institute for Health Innovation in recognition of the more than $50 million philanthropists Rita Hauser and Gustave Hauser have donated to the hospital's telemedicine programs.

Verizon announced June 27 that it will provide its customers who are veterans free access to the Department of Veterans Affairs VA Video Connect telehealth application. 

Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences launched a digital health clinic that uses telemedicine to treat spinal patients statewide.

Mile Bluff Medical Center in Mauston, Wis., has seen a 35 percent increase in diabetic eye screenings after implementing a telehealth program with UW Health three years ago.

U.S. Rep. Greg Pence, R-Ind., drafted an amendment that would increase funding for the country's Distance Learning and Telemedicine program by $25 million, Eagle Country reports.

Call9, a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based startup providing medical equipment and a telehealth platform to nursing homes, is ceasing operations, co-founder and CEO Timothy Peck, MD, confirmed to CNBC this week.

Mala Murthy will serve as Teladoc Health's new CFO, overseeing the telehealth company's global finance organization.

Rima Abdel-Massih, MD, brings extensive clinical and research experience with infectious diseases to her role as co-founder and CMO of UPMC's telemedicine company Infectious Disease Connect.