America’s businesses have always run on the mantra that employee health is important to the company’s bottom line, and that lost work time means lost productivity. Now they’re...
Lawmakers have re-introduced a bill that would allow healthcare providers to use telehealth to treat anyone in the any state throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
The Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure...
Magellan Health is launching a new study to determine how mHealth games can help children with mental health concerns.
The Arizona-based managed care company’s behavioral and specialty health...
Humana is launching a home healthcare service that includes remote patient monitoring.
The Kentucky-based insurer is partnering with DispatchHealth to launch the program in Denver and Tacoma, WA, for...
A proposed national strategy for preparing for the next pandemic or disaster includes increased access to and coverage of telehealth and a provider licensure plan.
Those ideas are contained in a study...
A bill has been resubmitted that would allow healthcare providers to use telehealth to treat patients in any state for up to six months after the coronavirus pandemic.
The Equal Access to Care Act was...
California’s Department of Health Care Services is planning an aggressive post-COVID-19 telehealth policy for the state’s Medicaid program.
In a 14-page report issued this week, the DHCS...
Two Massachusetts health systems are launching mHealth programs aimed at helping employees prevent or manage cardiometabolic diseases and kick the habit.
UMass Memorial Health Care is partnering with...
The key to telehealth access for underserved populations may be the audio-only phone. And that could be a problem once the coronavirus pandemic is over.
According to a RAND study of telehealth traffic...
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 telehealth platform launched last July at West Tennessee Healthcare to monitor COVID-19 patients has proven so good at boosting outcomes and reducing hospitalizations that officials are now planning...
Maryland lawmakers are launching two separate efforts to expand telehealth access in their state beyond the coronavirus pandemic.
The Legislature is moving forward with a bill aimed at permanently...
The telehealth bills are starting to pile up on Capitol Hill.
At least three more bills have been filed over the past two weeks, each seeking to expand connected health access and coverage either...
The Federal Communications Commission will hold a round-table discussion next month on a new program designed to help underserved households improve broadband access for telehealth and other...
Researchers in Arizona are launching a global study that aims to use mHealth wearables and apps, AI bots and a telehealth platform to monitor and treat COVID-19 patients at home, thereby reducing...
New Hampshire lawmakers are debating a bill that would revise the state’s telehealth rules to eliminate payment parity and coverage for audio-only services.
HB 602, recently introduced by State...
With behavioral health issues skyrocketing during the coronavirus pandemic, a New Mexico lawmaker has introduced a bill aimed at transitioning peer support programs onto telehealth platforms to boost...
Can telehealth and mHealth play an integral role in the shift to value-based care?
The Connected Health Initiative thinks so.
The Washington-based organization has announced the formation of a...
Researchers at three health systems will soon be launching a telehealth study to determine whether transplant patients can improve their medication management through an mHealth app.
Johns Hopkins...
With a new administration taking over in Washington, a group of lawmakers is looking to put the emphasis back on passing long-term telehealth legislation.
The group this week re-introduced the...
