Medicare beneficiaries living in metropolitan areas were more likely to report that they used telehealth services, a new study revealed.
Published in the Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice,...
Orange, California-based UCI Health is entering the home health arena through a new partnership with at-home care provider DispatchHealth.
Per the partnership, UCI Health will use DispatchHealth's...
Newly diagnosed cancer patients with high socioeconomic status were more likely to have a telehealth visit in the 30 days following their diagnosis compared to patients with low socioeconomic status,...
Self-funded employer health plan Centivo has launched a virtual primary care offering that will be integrated into the payer’s core health plan.
The payer has taken the virtual-first route and...
Four US Senators have introduced a bipartisan bill that seeks to make permanent a CMS policy that temporarily expanded Medicare coverage and reimbursement for certain telehealth services during the...
Patient sociodemographic factors largely influenced whether a telehealth video visit was successful or not, with racial minority status and older age being associated with unsuccessful visits, a JAMA...
Telehealth helped increase access to care and reduce stress for some skilled nursing facility residents and staff, but others faced unexpected challenges and consequences of telehealth use, a study...
The American Telemedicine Association, along with 48 other stakeholder groups, have written a letter to Congress asking it to make permanent the regulatory flexibility that authorizes telehealth...
More than 200 organizations, including the Alliance for Connected Care, have penned a letter to governors and state legislatures urging them to maintain and expand telehealth licensure flexibilities...
Telehealth company Teladoc Health launched a virtual primary care model and saw an increase in revenue and visit volume during the third quarter of 2021, according to its recent earnings report.
The...
The federal government is making a concerted effort to link broadband connectivity and telehealth to the nation’s infrastructure.
The Us Department of Agriculture last week unveiled more than...
The American Psychiatric Association is tapping the brakes a little bit on the use of telehealth for addiction treatment, saying the potential is there but more proof is needed that virtual care...
Lawmakers are making another push to improve telehealth access in rural America.
US Reps. Greg Pence (R-IN) and Angie Craig (D-MN) have introduced the Rural Telehealth Access Task Force Act (HR 5506),...
The Department of Health and Human Services has introduced a Spanish version of its mHealth app to improve healthcare access for Latinos and help patients prepare for in-person and telehealth...
More than 50 skilled nursing facilities in Wisconsin will soon have access to telehealth services to improve after-hours care and reduce hospitalizations.
North Shore Healthcare has announced a...
The Federal Communications Commission is getting ready to unveil the next round of healthcare organizations that will receive funding through the Connected Care Pilot Program for telehealth...
A Rhode Island-based Accountable Care Organization has launched a new program that aims to give seniors the resources they need to use telehealth.
Integra is partnering with the Pawtucket Housing...
Thomas Jefferson University has launched the Jefferson Center for Connected Care, a new effort by one of the East Coast’s leading connected health organizations to take on the barriers to...
Several organizations are making an extra effort to lobby for expanded telehealth coverage for rural healthcare providers beyond the pandemic.
While telehealth advocates have been lobbying the Centers...
Telehealth and mHealth services will figure prominently in a recently announced project by several large corporations to create a healthcare platform directed at the Black community.
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