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- Teladoc Health, announced an expanded partnership with the National Labor Alliance, the largest alliance of labor unions and labor-management coalitions, to offer our full suite of whole-person care services.
- Teladoc’s programs, including the virtual mental health and primary care services launched earlier this year, will now be available as part of the exclusive endorsement to the NLA’s Coalitions, their member Funds and their six million
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Fraud Schemes in a Telehealth Era: What Healthcare Payers Should Know
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- Report from Codoxo that finds 10-15% of telehealth claims fall outside of approved CMS codes and indicates a high potential for rapidly increasing fraud schemes (and provider coding errors) in a new telehealth era.
Codoxo, a provider of healthcare artificial intelligence solutions for healthcare payers and agencies, today released a new study revealing that among the 41% of provider specialties showing statistically significant increases for telehealth adoption,
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M&A: Quartet Health Acquires InnovaTel Telepsychiatry
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- Quartet acquires InnovaTel Telepsychiatry, a provider of virtual mental healthcare services with a differentiated expertise in treating complex conditions.
- The partnership lays the foundation for a comprehensive, nationwide solution to help all people — including those with complex needs — and focuses on speed to high-quality mental health care.
Quartet Health, a tech-enabled mental health care company that works with health plans, systems, and provider
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AT&T, Samsung and Qure4u Partner to Deliver Remote Patient Monitoring
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AT&T, Samsung and Qure4u team up to deliver remote patient monitoring with FirstNet® for high-risk patients.
Qure4u, a provider of digital health solutions, today announced a strategic collaboration with with AT&T and Samsung to provide remote patient monitoring (RPM) for patients with high blood pressure. As part of this collaboration, Qure4u chose FirstNet®, Built with AT&T, to provide reliable and highly secure connectivity to
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Truepill Launches End-to-End COVID-19 Virtual Care Platform
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Truepill launches its end-to-end COVID-19 virtual care platform to provide convenient online care for COVID-19 alongside the rapid delivery of antiviral medication.
Truepill, the digital health platform connecting telehealth, diagnostics, and pharmacy to transform consumer healthcare, today announced plans for a first-of-its-kind COVID-19 virtual care platform. This end-to-end solution will enable Truepill customers to create white-labeled virtual care
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Zoom Announces Cerner EHR Integration for Secure Virtual Visits
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- Zoom is now accepting beta customers for Zoom’s new integration with Cerner’s electronic health record (EHR) platform, available by sending a message of interest on Cerner’s App Gallery or talking to your Zoom account executive.
- Hospitals, health systems, physician offices, and clinics that use Cerner to share and access patient EHR data across the continuum of care will be able to launch secure Zoom virtual visits directly
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XRHealth Awarded Patent to Measure Sway and Conduct Fall Risk Assessment
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XRHealth received a patent to measure sway and conduct a fall risk assessment in virtual and augmented reality.
XRHealth, the leader in extended reality and therapeutic telehealth applications, announces today that they received a patent to measure sway and conduct a fall risk assessment using virtual reality and augmented reality therapy.
Assessing Postural Sway in Virtual Reality or Augmented Reality Patent
The patent is entitled “Assessing
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First Stop Health Adds Virtual Primary Care as Whole-Person, Digital-First Service
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- First Stop Health adds virtual primary care as a whole-person, digital-first service to address urgent, preventive and chronic care needs for members.
First Stop Health® (FSH), a Chicago, IL-based virtual care provider in the areas of telemedicine (virtual urgent care) and virtual mental health, announced a significant expansion of virtual care for its clients and members throughout the U.S. Starting in 2022, FSH Virtual Primary Care will be available to help
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4 Hurdles On The Road to Hybrid Healthcare – Digital Transformation
COVID-19 forced healthcare organizations to make a huge leap forward in their digital transformation roadmaps. Although many companies had plans on the books to advance telemedicine, the crisis revealed that virtual care is not only possible but in many cases is also preferred by patients. Virtual care also offers an opportunity to enhance the patient experience, improve population health, reduce costs and improve the work-life of healthcare providers -- the quadruple aim of
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Blue Cross NC Expands Telehealth Offerings with Teladoc Health
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- Blue Cross NC has announced the rollout of Teladoc Health’s full suite of virtual care services, including chronic condition management and mental health, to select Blue Cross NC employers and members. With Teladoc Health, Blue Cross NC can continue to offer more equitable access to chronic disease digital solutions regardless of physical location and work to make health care better for all North Carolinians.
- Members on most Blue Cross NC individual and fully
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