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Telehealth
Arizona OKs Telemedicine Care for Pets
The state is one of the first to fully sanction veterinary telemedicine, a growing trend since the pandemic that has...
Telehealth
Northwell Direct Lands Telehealth Contract for U.S. State Dept.
Northwell specialists will also provide support for DOS pre-deployment medical clearances and clinical case reviews.
Payer
UHC's Alternative Proposal to Prior Authorization Policy Rejected by GI Docs
The two sides remain apart as the payer's prior authorization mandate is set to begin on June 1.
Technology
New Program Gives Texas Students Access to Virtual Behavioral Health Services
A partnership between the University of Texas and telehealth provider MDLIVE will give roughly 11,200 students between 10 and 18...
Telehealth
Bipartisan U.S. House Bill Aims to Protect Rural Telehealth
The bill would permanently expand telehealth services that were adopted during the coronavirus pandemic.
Technology
South Carolina Launches Program to Advance AI in Healthcare
The collaborative, funded by the National Science Foundation, brings together close to a dozen colleges and universities to focus on...
Payer
The Exec: Bolstering Value-Based Primary Care with Blue Cross' Ashley Yeats
The vice president of medical operations speaks on the health plan's addition of three physician groups participating in its value-based...
Innovation
NYC Program Helping Expectant Mothers Gets $2M to Expand Reach
The grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust will help NYC Health + Hospitals' innovative HoPE program expand its reach to...
Strategy
Abortion Bans Are Driving Off Doctors and Closing Clinics, Putting Basic Healthcare at Risk
Finance
The Exec: HSS CFO Stacey Malakoff on Retail Disruption in Healthcare
Corporate giants like CVS and Amazon are getting into healthcare, what does this mean for traditional providers?
Telehealth
Poll: More Older Adults Tap Patient Portals, but Usage Varies Widely
Wealthier white older adults were more likely to report using virtual care portals.
Clinical Care
Hospitals in Two States Denied an Abortion to a Miscarrying Patient. Investigators Say They Broke Federal Law.
Doctors told her she might die but she couldn't have an abortion under state law until she got sicker, documents...