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 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 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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