While the coronavirus pandemic has prompted much of the healthcare industry to embrace telehealth, some providers are finding that virtual visits are an ideal platform for reaching a population that...
The Federal Communications Commission has approved funding from the COVID-19 Telehealth Program for an additional 43 healthcare providers, though some lawmakers are questioning when any of those...
Hospice providers are asking that Medicare continue to cover telehealth services beyond the current coronavirus pandemic.
In a letter sent last week to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
A telehealth company spun out of UPMC to provide expertise on infectious diseases is bulking up its resources to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
Infectious Disease Connect (ID Connect) announced...
A group of lawmakers wants to help seniors access audiology services via telehealth during the coronavirus pandemic.
Led by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Rep. Tom Rice (R-SC), the group sent a...
It’s been said, rightly and tragically so, that it took a pandemic to prove the value of telehealth to the American healthcare system.
As health systems and hospitals adjust their workflows to deal with the coronavirus pandemic,...
A Tennessee health plan is making its telehealth coverage permanent, saying lessons learned during the Coronavirus pandemic have proven the value of connected health services.
BlueCross BlueShield of...
Telehealth is playing a critical role in the healthcare industry’s response to COVID-19. The technology is helping a variety of organizations overcome some of the pandemic’s most common...
The Health and Human Services Department is dispensing $15 million in funding to almost 160 healthcare providers across the country to help them expand telehealth services to meet demands caused by the...
Prompted by concerns from two senators, the US military’s health care program is eliminating co-payments for telehealth services and providing coverage for audio-only phone services.
The...
Thirty-three more healthcare providers have qualified for funding under the Federal Communications Commission’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program.
The program, which aims to help providers launch or...
Rural health clinics forced to change their ways by the Coronavirus pandemic are finding that telehealth and mHealth platforms can do a lot of good.
The Fauquier Free Clinic, serving uninsured and...
The University of Virginia Health System is applying lessons learned during the Ebola crisis to advocate for telehealth expansion during the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic and beyond.
Telemedicine...
While telehealth interests have been broadly served by Coronavirus relief bills to date, a group of lawmakers is looking for more support in the next package.
Led by Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI), a...
A new bill before Congress aims to make it easier for federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and rural health clinics (RHCs) to receive Medicare reimbursement for using telehealth.
The Improving...
The US Department of Defense is launching a massive project aimed at using mHealth wearables to identify new treatments for people infected with the Coronavirus.
The DoD is working with physIQ, a...
Health Net is disbursing millions of dollars to California healthcare providers to expand telehealth programs for Medicaid recipients during the Coronavirus pandemic.
The 138 grants, totaling $13.4...
While the Federal Communications Commission’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program has issued funding to more than 50 healthcare providers, the agency is coming under fire for certain organizations that...
With the Coronavirus pandemic pushing healthcare to new extremes, a new group is ready to shine the spotlight on physician assistants and telehealth.
PAs in Virtual Medicine and Telemedicine (PAVMT),...
Another 26 healthcare providers are receiving funding from the Federal Communications Commission’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program for connected health services aimed at improving care management and...
