Telehealth
The finalized deal, first valued at $600 million when it was announced in January, is worth $150 million in cash and 4.6 million shares of Teladoc stock.
"We are hearing from patients and providers who are concerned about when Medicare’s temporary changes to telehealth rules will be rolled back and whether they will receive any advance notice," they said.
The HITN team recaps ATA 2020 and recent congressional hearings, and discusses general trends in telehealth.
The two pilot projects involve using voice-recognition technology to remind patients to take medication and connecting individuals with others through an online community.
SonderMind CEO Mark Frank discusses the changing space of digital mental health and offers advice for startups.
This week's top stories include the Trump administration asking the Supreme Court to end the Affordable Care Act and hundreds of industry groups calling on Congress to advance permanent telehealth reform.
New Jersey-based Henry J. Austin Health Center offers an in-depth look at its profitable move to virtual care.
The Medical University of South Carolina employed a four-pronged approach to scale up its virtual-care offerings and monitor COVID-19 patients.
With many small and remote providers still in acute need of high-speed broadband, but the funding cap outpaced, the commission will carry forward unused funds from previous years to meet the need for virtual care.