Telemedicine

Cincinnati Children’s Jumps Onto Teladoc’s DTC Telehealth Platform

by Eric Wicklund

With direct-to-consumer telehealth firmly entrenched in the primary care landscape, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is partnering with one of the giants in the DTC industry to make...

WA Lawmakers OK Telehealth Provider Training, Credentialing Bills

by Eric Wicklund

Washington lawmakers have approved two telehealth bills and sent them on to Governor Jay Inslee for his signature. The bills approved this week were HB 5386, which would establish training...

Telehealth Takes on Provider Stress, Burnout With ATA2019 Track

by Eric Wicklund

Telehealth and telemedicine have long been held up as a means of saving lives and reducing stress. At next week’s American Telemedicine Association conference and exhibition in New Orleans,...

Are Doctors Who Use DTC Telehealth Overprescribing to Children?

by Eric Wicklund

Physicians who use a direct-to-consumer telehealth platform to treat children with cold symptoms are more likely to prescribe antibiotics and are more apt to ignore standards of care, according to a...

California’s Orange County Invests in mHealth for the Homeless

by Eric Wicklund

A health program targeting Orange County’s homeless population is investing $100 million over the next three years in mHealth services and other interventions. CalOptima, which handles Medicaid...

UMass Doctors Take Telehealth to the ER to Tackle Substance Abuse

by Eric Wicklund

A group of UMass Memorial Healthcare physicians is launching a telemedicine program that will allow emergency room physicians to connect with specialists via virtual care to evaluate patients being...

New Mexico OKs New Telemedicine Rules, Including Coverage Parity

by Eric Wicklund

New Mexico is set to become the latest state to expand access to telehealth and telemedicine by mandating coverage and payment parity for health plans. By an almost unanimous vote, state lawmakers...

New Hampshire Lawmakers Mull Medicaid Coverage for Telehealth

by Eric Wicklund

New Hampshire lawmakers are moving forward with a bill that would expand Medicaid coverage for telehealth services – but in many instances only after the doctor and patient meet in person. SB...

VA Secretary Seeks $1 Billion for Veteran Telehealth Services

by Eric Wicklund

The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking more than $1 billion in federal funding to expand its telehealth network for veterans. In testimony on Capitol Hill this week, VA Secretary Robert Wilkie...

Minnesota Looks to Expand Telehealth Network for Opioid Abuse Treatment

by Eric Wicklund

Critics may be bemoaning the slow adoption rate of telehealth services for substance abuse treatment, but one network of healthcare providers in Minnesota is making strides with a connected care...

Utah Sets Reimbursement Guidelines for Telehealth through Medicaid

by Eric Wicklund

Utah’s governor has signed legislation expanding Medicaid payment parity for telehealth and telemedicine services. Gov. Gary Herbert’s signature on HB 392 mandates that the state’s...

AHIP Calls on Health Plans to Support Telehealth for SUD Treatment

by Eric Wicklund

A national payer organization is urging health plans to support telemedicine as a means of expanding substance abuse treatment for members. In a new report, America’s Health Insurance Plans...

Nevada Lawmakers Drop Telehealth from Physician-Assisted Suicide Bill

by Eric Wicklund

Nevada lawmakers have yanked telehealth provisions out of a proposed bill setting standards for physician-assisted suicide, the second state to do so this year. SB 165, which would permit physicians...

State Lawmakers Debate Telemedicine Abortions, Phone-Based Telehealth

by Eric Wicklund

Legislators in Arkansas and Nebraska are debating two of telehealth’s more controversial concepts this week – phone-based virtual consults and telemedicine abortions. In Arkansas, that...

Telemedicine Helps SNFs Connect Patients to Mental Health Services

by Eric Wicklund

A national provider of behavioral healthcare services for long-term care facilities is using telemedicine to address an urgent need for mental health care. Texas-based Deer Oaks, which works with some...

New Medicaid Telehealth Standards in Massachusetts Draw Criticism

by Eric Wicklund

Massachusetts may have opened the doors to Medicaid coverage for certain telemental health services this year, but a new analysis by a national law firm finds that the guidelines for telemedicine use...

MAVEN Project Partners With VSee to Boost Telemedicine Platform

by Eric Wicklund

A non-profit that provides eConsults to Federally Qualified Health Centers and other community health clinics is upgrading its telemedicine platform. The MAVEN (Medical Alumni Volunteer Expert...

Georgia Senate OKs Out-of-State Telemedicine, Telehealth Parity

by Eric Wicklund

Georgia lawmakers are pushing forward with a pair of telemedicine bills that would enable providers in other states to deliver virtual care in the state, while mandating that payers cover telehealth...

Shriners Extends Telehealth Reach Into Kansas With Newton Partnership

by Eric Wicklund

The Shriners Hospital network is expanding its reach into Kansas through a telemedicine partnership with Newton Medical Center. Shriners specialists in the network’s St. Louis hospital will soon...

Stanford Children’s Health Looks Beyond Numbers to Propel Telehealth

by Eric Wicklund

As telehealth programs across the country look to scalability and sustainability, they seem to put the focus on numbers: how many patients served, how much money saved, how many rehospitalizations...

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