Telehealth
A report from HHS' Office of Inspector General found nearly 31 percent of claims submitted between 2014 and 2015 did not meet the Medicare conditions for payment for telehealth services, which resulted in $3.7 million in excess payments.
Staff Sgt. John Girtman is deployed overseas with the U.S. Air Force, but was still able to see his newborn son at Orem, Utah-based Timpanogos Regional Hospital thanks to webcams in the NICU bay, according to ABC News.
Planned Parenthood's remote sex education program, called Chat/Text, hosted its 1 millionth conversation earlier this month.
Two telemedicine-related provisions were included in the proposed "Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018," a draft bill sponsored by Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., according to JD Supra.
Online therapy provider Talkspace tapped a former UnitedHealth Group medical executive and an Optum vice president to join the startup.
Press Ganey launched a new service for its providers as a way to enhance patients' telemedicine experience.
Digital health technology targeted toward women, also known as "femtech," is poised to be the next disruptor in the global healthcare market, according to a Frost & Sullivan report.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs recently launched a pilot program to provide veterans suffering from PTSD with remote access to mental health services, the agency wrote in an April 5 blog post.
Telemedicine provider Doctor On Demand is teaming up with Change Healthcare to leverage its Intelligent Healthcare Network and enable physicians to order lab work based on their patients' locations.
A team of researchers from Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University and University of Illinois at Chicago compared the accuracy of binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy examinations and telemedicine evaluations of retinal images when diagnosing an eye condition called retinopathy of prematurity.