Telehealth

Medical societies and health IT companies ramped up their lobbying efforts on telehealth and prescription drug monitoring programs during the first quarter of 2018, according to a Politico analysis of lobbying disclosures.

Teladoc launched a remote integrated behavioral healthcare service in the U.S., the telehealth provider announced April 25.

Virtual care provider Doctor on Demand secured a $74 million round of Series C funding April 25, led by Princeville Global and Goldman Sachs Investment Partners.

A year after attaining URAC Clinical Integration Accreditation, the team at Phoenix Children’s Care Network (PCCN) continues to benefit from stronger and more collaborative relationships with service providers, alignment with the clinical integration standards, and significant interest from community physicians to…

The American Hospital Association penned a letter to the Federal Communications Commission April 24 opposing "unexpected and significant" funding cuts to providers participating in its telehealth-focused Rural Health Care program.

HGE Health, a telehealth spinout of the Temple Lung Center at Philadelphia-based Temple Health, will roll out services for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis within the next few months.

Zipnosis expanded its telehealth platform with a module designed to connect patients to post-operative care services following orthopedic surgery, the virtual care company confirmed April 11.

Avizia joined forces with VeeMed, bringing together the former's telehealth platform and the latter's provider services for high-acuity cases, such as neurology, behavioral health and intensive care.

Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, signed a bill into law March 29 that requires commercial health insurers to cover telehealth services the same as in-person care, according to The National Law Review.

Avizia is trying to make it easier for hospitals to launch and scale telemedicine video consultation capabilities with its Connect Solution, which was unveiled April 18.