Telehealth

Optum's online marketplace, which aims to provide affordable healthcare products and services, now has virtual care visits.

Infant feeding telehealth company SimpliFed is expanding services to Health First Colorado beneficiaries.

The Atlanta Board of Education approved a plan giving Atlanta public schools w access to telehealth services through Hazel Health, according to an Aug.14 report from WSB-TV Atlanta.

Remote monitoring of COVID-19 symptoms was associated with better outcomes for patients at Milwaukee-based Froedtert Health, a recent study in JAMA Network Open found.

Telehealth company Teladoc Health has launched an A1C at-home diabetes testing program for members of its Livongo diabetes management program.

Milwaukee Bucks star power forward and former National Basketball Association's most valuable player Giannis Antetokounmpo is investing in telehealth company Antidote, according to an Aug. 11 report in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Cloud-based healthcare tech company NexGen Healthcare has added a group visit function to its telehealth platform that will allow specialists and other providers to collaborate on the same telehealth call and include patients' family members, the company said Aug. 9.

Telemedicine can be less efficient than in-person care, potentially adding to clinician burnout, according to a July 28 analysis published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.

Tricare, the healthcare program for the U.S. military, is bringing back copayments for telehealth care after a two-year hiatus, according to reporting in Task and Purpose Purpose.

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health, Sanford Clinic and Sanford Medical Center agreed to pay a $25,842 settlement for allegedly submitting claims for telemedicine services that did not meet applicable requirements.