What You Need to Know: - FCC begins approving funding to boost telehealth during coronavirus pandemic just three days after the opening of the application window. - Congress appropriated $200 million for the FCC to support health care providers’ use of telehealth services during this national emergency. The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau today approved six funding applications for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program. Healthcare providers in some of the
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Intermountain Launches New Kidney Care Center with Telehealth Care
- Intermountain Healthcare launches new Kidney Care Center that will provide at-home dialysis with telehealth-enabled video visits to patients. - Patients will be able to schedule kidney dialysis treatments that fit their schedule. - The Intermountain Kidney Care Center will also focus on pre-emptive transplants, where patients are matched with living kidney transplant donors prior to end-stage renal failure. Intermountain
Healthcare in Salt Lake City announced it is launching a
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CareCloud Launches Pay-Per-Visit Telemedicine Solution for Physician Practices
CareCloud, a practice management platform for medical groups has announced the launch of their new fully integrated pay-per-visit telemedicine solution. The integrated solution features a fully integrated solution that includes built-in insurance eligibility checking and scheduling tools, a unique pay-per-visit pricing model, and one-click activation. Simplifying clinical workflows, this approach to telemedicine seamlessly connects the dots between efficient practice management and secure video
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American Well: 50 Million Americans Would Switch PCP to Get Video Visits
20% (50 million) of consumers would switch to a PCP that offers video visits if another primary care physician (PCP) in their area offers them, according to the Telehealth Index: 2017 Consumer Survey by American Well. The latest 2017 survey conducted online within the United States by Harris Poll on behalf of American Well from August 19-23, 2016 among 2,100 adults ages 18 and older, and from September 28-30, 2016 among 2,007 U.S. adults ages 18 and older to measure consumer perceptions and
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Doctor on Demand Adds Nationwide Psychiatric Telehealth Visits
San Francisco, CA-based Doctor On Demand has expanded its behavioral health services to include psychiatrists telehealth video visits now available nationwide. The company began offering mental health care services in December 2014 with the addition of psychologists to its provider network. The new addition of psychiatrists video visits represents a significant expansion of access to mental health care through Doctor On Demand. Now, patients can receive both therapy from a doctorate-level
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