Rock Health: 80 percent of internet-connected adults use digital health tools
Four out of five internet-connected adults use some kind of digital health technology, according to a new report on consumer health trends by seed investor Rock Health. Rock Health identified six...
View ArticleIndependence Blue Cross JV taps TouchCare to offer patients video visits
Tandigm Health, a venture launched in April 2014 by Independence Blue Cross and DaVita HealthCare Partners, which manages physician practices in Pennsylvania, has partnered with video visits service...
View ArticleTech-enabled house call service Dispatch Health will work with Colorado...
DispatchHealth, one of the several recent “house call” startups that uses technology to send doctors or nurses to consumers’ homes, has partnered with Colorado health system Centura Health to make its...
View ArticleReimbursement codes for telemedicine in the works at AMA
The American Medical Association has begun the process of creating a host of new CPT codes to support the reimbursement of telemedicine. A working group tasked with generating such a list met for the...
View ArticleTeladoc will raise its visit fees for the first time in three years
On it’s third quarter earnings call, Teladoc announced continued growth and a number of new customers, but also stopped to address what appears to be growing investor unrest about the per member per...
View ArticleFDA seeks lessons learned from remote clinical drug trials
The FDA wants to know more about mobile-enabled clinical trials for investigational drugs. According to a recent post on the Federal Register by Associate Commissioner for Policy Leslie Kux, the FDA is...
View ArticleNielsen: Access to digital health lags behind patient interest
A new survey of 5,000 patients and 626 physicians conducted by Nielsen Strategic Health Perspectives found that consumer access to digital health technology is still quite low, especially compared to...
View ArticleHalf the Pioneer ACOs have left the program, some gearing up for Next...
A growing number of participants in CMS’s Pioneer ACO program are dropping out of the program prior to the launch of the Next Generation ACO program, which will allow providers to be reimbursed for...
View ArticleHeal’s doctor house calls are now in-network for Anthem Blue Cross of...
Los Angeles-based Heal, which has developed an app that helps people request a doctor to visit their house, announced that it is now in-network with Anthem Blue Cross of California. Now, Heal members...
View ArticleTo keep up with disruptors, doctors must become gatekeepers
Services from telemedicine to retail clinics to concierge care services are disrupting primary care, and primary care practices need to adapt to stay relevant, according to a new report from...
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