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.

The influx of new technologies has opened up new avenues for healthcare organizations looking to successfully make the transition to value-based care.

MDLive selected Michael Farrell to serve as senior vice president and general manager of its hospitals and health systems business.

The U.S. Navy conducted its first telemedicine consultations from a hospital ship out at sea. It used technology developed by GlobalMed.

A PhD candidate at the Australia-based Melbourne School of Engineering developed a pair of "smart socks" to improve remote physical therapy.