Hospital-at-home programs are largely concentrated at large, urban, nonprofit and academic facilities, a new study found.
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Connecticut-based telehealth company Meditelecare, which operates in at least 17 states including Kentucky, has agreed to pay $358,514 to resolve allegations of improper Medicare billing.
More health systems have been launching or expanding hospital-at-home programs.
Mayo Clinic's hospital-at-home program has expanded in the past year but will need the equivalent of an "Uber app" to scale, a leader told Becker's.
Telemedicine is becoming an indispensable part of healthcare, according to Doximity's Dec. 17 report.
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Virtual health workers with Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health have secured a three-year labor deal with the health system.
Nearly 80 healthcare organizations are calling on Congress to extend telehealth flexibilities established during the COVID-19 pandemic for at least two more years, warning that failure to do so would disrupt care and create uncertainty for patients and clinicians.
Teladoc Health has introduced AI-powered updates to its Virtual Sitter solution.
The Drug Enforcement Administration extended the flexibilities enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic that allows healthcare providers to prescribe specific controlled substances via telehealth.
Under the first Trump administration, telehealth benefitted, The Wall Street Journal reported Nov. 14.