Virtual care news, trends and reimbursement updates
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Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital is launching a new telehealth program that will allow Intermountain clinicians to remotely advise clinicians in neonatal intensive care units at four hospitals in Utah and one in Montana, local news outlet ABC4…
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is introducing the "Telehealth Expansion Act of 2023," a bill that, if enacted, would allow people with health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans to permanently access telehealth.
In today's episode, we are joined by Matt Ream, Executive Vice President, at BlueSpark and Ruth Phillips, Vice President of Medical Affairs, at BlueSpark, to discuss how continuous vital sign monitoring leads to better and more effective patient care. Tune…
This live episode from the 7th Annual Heath IT + Revenue Cycle Conference features Carol Yarbrough, Telehealth Business Operations Manager at UCSF Medical Center. Here, she discusses issues that are top of mind to her, what excites her most about…
Teladoc announced it will provide free virtual care to Mississippi residents affected by recent tornadoes.
The Federal Trade Commission said it is expecting to look into more telehealth startups who are sharing consumer data with third parties, The Wall Street Journal reported March 26.
Hartford, Conn.-based Trinity Health of New England's Chief Clinical Officer, Syed Hussain, MD, said newer forms of healthcare delivery, such as telehealth and home-care services have been helping retain its workforce, Yale Daily News reported March 27.
Love.Life, a health and wellness company co-founded and run by former Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, acquired Plant Based TeleHealth, a telehealth service focusing on the prevention and reversal of chronic conditions.
Jennifer Atkins, Senior Vice President Managed Care Strategy, Advocate Aurora Health, shares roadblocks she anticipates in the coming years, her key focus for the end of 2022, and a lot more.
Akron, Ohio, has been working to reduce the load on its emergency services and ambulance fleet through a telehealth pilot program where patients can receive virtual care from clinicians at Cleveland Clinic Akron General, the Akron Beacon Journal reported March…