Telehealth

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia will no longer reimburse emergency department visits it deems unnecessary as of July 1. Instead, the insurer will ask patients to take advantage of other services, such as its telehealth platform.  

Philadelphia-based Einstein Healthcare Network selected Teladoc for its new telehealth initiative.

Many patients report satisfaction using video telemedicine to connect with primary care clinicians, according to new research out of Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University.

The state of Vermont is set to expand its coverage of telemedicine services after Republican Gov. Phil Scott signed bill S.50 into law June 7, Vermont Business Magazine reports.

Paramedicine professionals need telemedicine services to address the changing role of EMS agencies, fire officer Robert Avsec wrote in Fire Chief.

Direct healthcare delivery costs, such as those associated with physician services, medications and hospital stays, are vigorously researched and reported. Less is known about the indirect costs associated with healthcare. One recent study, however, sheds light on that crucial, lesser…

Three U.S. Representatives on May 24 introduced bipartisan legislation to improve access to kidney care treatments.

In a recent press release, Teladoc announced their partnership with Einstein Healthcare Network.

Columbia-based University of Missouri officials will expand its ECHO Autism program across the United States and as far as Kenya.

The lead plaintiff in a class-action privacy lawsuit filed against MDLive, a Sunrise, Fla.-based telehealth provider, voluntarily dismissed the suit June 2.