Telehealth

Also known as telemedicine, this area of care helps connect doctors and patients remotely, without requiring in-person visits. This virtual care strategy is beneficial for managing chronic conditions, delivering lab test or diagnostic imaging results, post-surgical follow-ups, assessing skin conditions, online counseling and many other healthcare services. It also can improve care, care access and outcomes for patients.

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Walmart sells virtual care business to Fabric

MeMD offers on-demand telehealth services to more than 5 million patients. Fabric said the buyout will be a smooth transition with no impact on patient care.

AMA will aggressively support permanent telemedicine reimbursement

The American Medical Association said it will lobby for an indefinite extension of Medicare reimbursement for telemedicine services, fighting a Dec. 31, 2024, sunset date.

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Telehealth execs face 20 years for $100M Adderall prescription fraud

The CEO and the medical director of telehealth platform Done have both been arrested for allegedly running a virtual pill mill.

Joel Sauer, MBA, MedAxoim, explains why there is a big business trend in cardiology toward remote monitoring and telehealth to cut costs. #ACC #MedAxiom #Telecardiology #remotemonitoring #ACC2024

Telemedicine, remote monitoring help reduce healthcare costs

As profit margins in healthcare continue to shrink, telemedicine and remote monitoring are seeing a large increase to help cut costs while still delivering care outside of the hospital.

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Walmart Health closing all locations, ending telehealth services

All 51 of Walmart’s care centers are closing; however, they will remain open as patients are transitioned to other providers.

Telehealth remains underused, patients rarely billed for messages

A study looking at Medicare reimbursement from 2020 through 2020 shows e-visits may remain underutilized.

Amazon brings shipping muscle to Lilly drug delivery

Amazon continues its march into healthcare as LillyDirect will begin working with Amazon Pharmacy to fill home delivery orders of certain diabetes, obesity and migraine medications. 

 

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Physician plaintiff: ‘I shouldn’t have to risk losing my license—or getting jail time’ over telehealth visits

When policymakers eased rules and restrictions governing telemedicine in 2020, many patients and their doctors saw the change as one shiny silver lining in the very dark cloud that was the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately for them, that period has passed. 

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