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The vendor said it remained focused on delivering benefits to clients, associates and shareholders.

This week's top stories include UnitedHealthcare re-examining a policy that allows it to retroactively deny ER claims, Apple adding new health features and Mount Sinai catering to patients with limited English proficiency.

Patients will expect care to meet them where they are, said the Livongo founder and former Allscripts CEO at the American Telemedicine Association annual conference.

Advocates at the American Telemedicine Association's annual conference warned that Congress must act to safeguard telehealth access before the public health emergency ends.

American Telemedicine Association Board Chair Dr. Joseph Kvedar called on clinicians, suppliers, payers and patients to play their part in fighting for long-term telehealth access.  

The company points to telehealth and virtual care as areas of vulnerability, and sees ransomware attacks as an ongoing threat.

A Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General audit found that the Veterans Health Administration underestimated the cost of its electronic health records modernization project to the tune of billions of dollars.

In April, hospital margins, volumes, and revenues were up across most performance metrics; Google helps fund a data visualization tool that highlights the disparate impacts of COVID-19 on marginalized communities.

A bipartisan bill introduced this week would allow providers to offer audio-only telemedicine services to Medicare enrollees.