Telehealth

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded Bethlehem, Pa.-based - St. Luke's University Health Network $401,700 to launch a telehealth program, according to The Morning Call.

Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System is deploying telehealth software from remote monitoring provider Health Recovery Solutions to reduce avoidable emergence department visits.

  Willmar, Minn.-based Rice Memorial Hospital unveiled its new heart-failure telemedicine program as part of a collaboration with CentraCare Health in St. Cloud, Minn., according to the West Central Tribune.

Walmart is offering employees a 90 percent discount on telemedicine, dropping the price of a virtual visit from $40 to $4, The Denver Post reports.

Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health deployed Yorktel's Univago HE as the video platform in its tele-intensive care unit.

MassHealth, Massachusetts' state Medicaid program, is integrating telehealth into its behavioral health services.

Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Health System is rolling out a new telehealth program to help lung disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment in the Appalachian region of Virginia.

CMS' new, five-year Emergency Triage, Treat and Transport Model will reimburse ambulance service providers for providing telehealth treatment for Medicare beneficiaries.

Expanded continuum of virtual care services enabled, including access to specialty and complex care; streamlined diagnostic test orders.

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City kicked off 2019 with a significant milestone: its 100,000th virtual visit.