Telehealth

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.

The House passed legislation to extend Medicare reimbursements for medical visits that occur by video or phone call through 2024, but recent federal crackdowns on Medicare fraud linked to telehealth have raised concerns in Washington, Politico reported Aug. 7.

Amwell reported a second quarter revenue of $64.5 million, up 7 percent from $60.2 million in the second quarter of 2021.

Amwell is working with CVS Health to roll out the retail drugstore giant's new virtual primary care service, the telehealth provider announced in its Aug. 4 second quarter earnings call. 

Los Angeles-based hospital CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center has launched a telestroke program in collaboration with the University of Southern California's Keck Medicine.