Telehealth News
Weekly industry news to keep you updated on the world of telehealth.
Walgreens Challenges DTC Telehealth Market With VillageMD Deal
July 08, 2020 – Health systems seeking to lure new business through direct-to-consumer telehealth platforms will soon have a new competitor. (Walgreens)
Months into crisis, Americans face frustrating test delays
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)
Primary care should be a top Medicaid priority, think tank says
Congress should make primary care a top priority for the Medicaid program, the nonpartisan Bipartisan Policy Center said in a report Monday.
Blue Shield California's Health Reimagined ties provider pay to quality and patient satisfaction
Blue Shield of California has launched a pilot initiative in four counties across the state.
With telehealth, one practice is now seeing more patients than before the pandemic
Henry J. Austin Health Center, a federally qualified health center in Trenton, New Jersey, was having problems with payment options. (pandemic)
How one health system harnessed AI, telehealth to combat coronavirus
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.