Telehealth

Cathleen Wheatley Wheatley and Catherine Fernald are two esteemed leaders that are discussing telehealth strategies for clinical leaders. Cathleen Wheatley is the President of Atrium Health, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Western North Carolina. Catherine Fernald is the Chief…

Telehealth company Visibly has agreed to pay a $500,000 settlement over deceptive marketing practices.

Eighty percent of physicians said they would prefer to provide little to no telehealth visits in the future, according to an April 3 study published in Health Affairs. 

Morgantown, W.Va.-based Mon Health System has expanded its cardiology telemedicine services to Parksview, W.Va.

The Virginia Healthcare board is currently working on a plan to track individual patient details. Discussions are focusing on approaches for bringing the behavioral health central access team into the regular bed team. However, there are talks of rolling back…

Aetna, a CVS Health company, is partnering with virtual gastrointestinal care clinic Oshi Health to offer members virtual care for chronic digestive conditions. 

U.S. patients are being blindsided by telehealth costs and many are facing facility fees even though they haven't stepped foot in a hospital or physician's office, The Washington Post reported April 1. 

As the DEA continues to propose stricter regulations on telehealth-based opioid prescribing, telehealth companies say they are worried that the crackdown won't allow them to prescribe life-saving medications that can help prevent opioid overdoses, The Wall Street Journal reported April…

National telehealth utilization increased by 7.3 percent in January 2023, compared to 3.8 percent in December, according to Fair Health's Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker. 

Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough warned lawmakers that a move to cap the agency's budget at fiscal 2022 levels could hurt the agency's telehealth and cybersecurity programs, Fedscoop reported March 29.