Telehealth
Steven Richardson, the former owner of Expansion Media and Hybrid Management Group, was sentenced to two years in federal prison for a $110 million telehealth Medicare fraud scheme. U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton handed down the sentence Aug.…
Herbert Leon Kimble, 60, pleaded guilty Aug. 11 in federal court in Columbia, S.C., to conspiracy to defraud the United States and failure to appear, following his role in a $1.2 billion telemedicine and durable medical equipment fraud scheme. Mr.…
Advocate Health logged 2.2 million virtual care encounters in 2025, a 30% jump from the prior year, according to a new report. The Charlotte, N.C.-based health system now offers 47 virtual care services across 258 sites in 10 states. The…
Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health is expanding access to specialty kidney care for patients in rural Mendocino County through a telenephrology partnership with Adventist Health Ukiah Valley, helping bring nephrologists to a region that previously lacked local specialty care. The…
Remote patient monitoring has emerged as one of the most common uses of the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program, created under last year’s federal reconciliation law and administered by CMS. States, hospitals and health systems are citing remote monitoring…
The Federal Trade Commission sued Hims & Hers on July 29, alleging the San Francisco-based telehealth company shared consumers’ sensitive health information with third-party advertisers and deceived users about billing and cancellation practices. Utah and California joined the FTC as…
CMS wants to cut off Medicare payment for the third-party vendors that run most remote patient monitoring programs today. The provision, tucked into the proposed 2027 physician fee schedule, has drawn swift pushback from hospitals, physician groups and the vendors…
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho-based physician David Antonio Becerril, MD, has been sentenced to 40 months in prison for his role in a telehealth-linked scheme that defrauded Medicare, according to the Department of Justice. Chief U.S. District Judge Stanley A. Bastian of…
Virtual care provider Teladoc Health launched a virtual care model that it said aims to replace fragmented, condition-by-condition care with a single, adaptive experience built around each patient’s full health needs, according to a news release shared with Becker’s. The…
Health systems, physician groups and telehealth trade associations are raising concerns about a CMS proposal that would bar Medicare payment for remote patient monitoring services delivered by third-party vendors, with early reaction pointing to paused RPM plans, unclear reimbursement math…