Hydrogen Health is extending its virtual primary care model to self-insured employers and insurers, including several Fortune 500 employers and regional health plans.
The company, a joint venture...
Washington state's Office of the Insurance Commissioner has finalized regulations to implement the audio-only telehealth law that was passed in May.
The law requires payers to reimburse providers...
A Pacific Northwest payer is expanding its telehealth platform in hopes that its 3 million members will get the health and wellness checkups they’ve skipped during the pandemic.
Regence has...
UnitedHealthcare is launching a new program in Tennessee that will use remote patient monitoring to monitor the health and progress of mothers-to-be.
The insurer is partnering with the Nashville-based...
Two Congressmen have re-introduced a bill that would prompt payers to cover any telehealth service that’s also offered in-person.
The bill, unveiled last week by US Reps. Dean Phillips (D-MN)...
Independence Blue Cross is issuing grants to support the expansion of remote patient monitoring and telehealth programs developed by Penn Medicine.
The Philadelphia-based payer is funding three...
The American Medical Association has announced a new initiative that is designed to help healthcare providers and payers better understand and measure the value of virtual...
Utah Governor Spencer Cox has signed into law a bill that allows coverage for mental healthcare services delivered by telehealth.
SB 41, sponsored by State Sen. Luz Escamilla, requires the...
An analysis of telehealth coverage by private payers during the coronavirus pandemic finds that most of the big health plans made major changes in coverage to help providers embrace connected...
A new project in Massachusetts aims to determine how telehealth can be used to address social and racial barriers to care during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Massachusetts Association of Health Plans...
A Michigan payer is the first in the state – and one of a handful in the nation – to introduce a telehealth-only plan.
Priority Health this week unveiled MyPriority Telehealth PCP, which...
A coalition of healthcare organizations is pressuring Illinois lawmakers to mandate payment parity for telehealth services.
The call to require payers to reimburse providers for telehealth services at...
An Ohio think tank has published a report supporting legislation to extend telehealth coverage in the state – including the decision to move away from payment parity.
“Access to Healthcare...
The latest bill introduced on Capitol Hill aims to level the playing field for payers by ensuring that all telehealth services be covered if those services are also furnished in person.
HR 8308,...
Healthcare leaders will continue to invest in telehealth tools and infrastructure. But organizations need support from public and private payers for the technology to continue to grow after the...
A Massachusetts insurer is expanding coverage for mental health services delivered via telehealth.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts announced last week that it would offer telemental health...
With the coronavirus pandemic putting the squeeze on underserved populations, health plans are developing mHealth and telehealth tools that go beyond healthcare.
Healthfirst, a provider-owned insurer...
Some Colorado lawmakers have introduced a bill to continue payer coverage for telehealth services beyond the current coronavirus emergency.
Senate Bill 212, introduced this week, would prohibit...
Rhode Island lawmakers are forwarding a bill that would require payers to cover telehealth services – including audio-only phone calls - beyond the coronavirus pandemic.
The State Senate’s...
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...
