by Eric Wicklund | Jul 15, 2020 | Telehealth
Source image: ThinkStock July 08, 2020 – Health systems seeking to lure new business through direct-to-consumer telehealth platforms will soon have a new competitor. (Walgreens) Walgreens has announced a partnership with VillageMD to open connected health...
by Associated Press | Jul 14, 2020 | Covid-19 / Corona Virus, Health News
LOS ANGELES (AP) — For two weeks, Rachel Weeks has stayed home, going without a paycheck while waiting and waiting for the results of a COVID-19 test from a pharmacy near Philadelphia. (Months) “I’m just so disappointed. I just don’t know how — with...
by modern healthcare | Jul 13, 2020 | Health News, Hospitals
Congress should make primary care a top priority for the Medicaid program, the nonpartisan Bipartisan Policy Center said in a report Monday. The group called on Congress to support a comprehensive framework to improve primary care by directing HHS to help states share...
by smorse | Jul 10, 2020 | Digital Health, Health News
Blue Shield of California has launched a pilot initiative in four counties across the state. Under the umbrella of Health Reimagined the pilot programs include adding technology in physician offices, offering digital apps to consumers and tying physician and hospital...
by mmiliard | Jul 9, 2020 | Covid-19 / Corona Virus, Telehealth
Henry J. Austin Health Center, a federally qualified health center in Trenton, New Jersey, was having problems with payment options. (pandemic) THE PROBLEM Regulations had been passed in New Jersey requiring reimbursement for telemedicine services. But the major payer...
by KatJercich | Jul 8, 2020 | Covid-19 / Corona Virus, Health News, Telehealth
When the United States reported its first COVID-19 case in January 2020, the Medical University of South Carolina activated its telehealth response – months before swathes of other health systems rapidly pivoted to virtual care. By April, that response included...
by mmiliard | Jul 7, 2020 | Digital Health, Health News, Telehealth
The Federal Communications Commission announced this week that it would be allocating more money to be disbursed to rural providers and help them establish the broadband connectivity necessary to implement telehealth and virtual care during the coronavirus crisis....
by John Birkmeyer, MD, Chief Clinical Officer, Sound Physicians, Robert Bessler, MD, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Sound Physicians | Jul 6, 2020 | Health News, Hospitals
Sound’s clinical team embarked on a transformation strategy to reduce spending on post-acute care and readmissions, which vary widely across hospitals and account for over half of total episode spending. (Transitioning) It also focused on ensuring that intensity of...
by Eric Wicklund | Jul 3, 2020 | Covid-19 / Corona Virus, Telehealth
Source: ThinkStock June 26, 2020 – Federal regulators are moving to permanently expand telehealth coverage for home health care services. (moves) In a June 25 notice, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services unveiled a proposed rule to make permanent...
by mmiliard | Jul 2, 2020 | Digital Health, Health News, Telehealth
The size, scope and rapidity of new telehealth and remote patient monitoring rollouts since the onset of the coronavirus crisis has been remarkable. Hospitals and practices that had never before deployed virtual care tools learned quickly how to integrate them. Those...
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