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Employers expect to boost virtual care offerings, survey finds

Business Group on Health's annual survey also found roughly 80% of respondents believe telehealth will play a significant role in how care is delivered in the future, up from 64% in 2019 and 52% in 2018.

By Hailey Mensik • Aug. 18, 2020

Telemedicine, remote monitoring hottest 2020 digital health startups, CB Insight finds

Twelve unicorn companies are on this year's list, including Ro, a telehealth platform that provides remote care and medication delivery services, and insurer Oscar.

By Hailey Mensik • Aug. 13, 2020

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Some stablished players have paying more attention to patient experience, rolling out improvements such as same-day appointments, apps the help explain coverage or health conditions and better integration with email and text messaging.

By Healthcare Dive staff

One Medical beats Q2 estimates, rolls out new telehealth option

The primary care chain that went public earlier this year also said it's entering North Carolina and Wisconsin, bringing its presence to 15 markets.

By Shannon Muchmore • Aug. 13, 2020

Teladoc-Livongo: Is the first digital health megadeal 'outrageous' or a starter gun for virtual care M&A?

Despite investor skepticism sending Teladoc and Livongo shares down more than 19% and 11%, respectively, at Wednesday's close, some experts say the tie-up could usher in bigger deals for the virtual care space.

By Rebecca Pifer • Aug. 06, 2020

Virginia first state to fully deploy COVID-19 exposure notification app based on Apple-Google tech

A series of barriers could reduce efficacy of the app, including consumer uptake, human error and worries about government and Silicon Valley spying.

By Rebecca Pifer • Aug. 06, 2020

iRhythm stock leaps 33% after CMS pitches new reimbursement codes

Permanent codes validate the digital health company's wearable heart monitoring technology and could drive more widespread adoption for detection of atrial fibrillation and other abnormal rhythms, CEO Kevin King said.

By Susan Kelly • Aug. 05, 2020

Teladoc to buy Livongo in $18.5B deal

An explosion in use of virtual care may have sped up the timeline for the deal. Investors were not on board, driving down shares in both companies.

By Shannon Muchmore • UPDATED: Aug. 5, 2020 at 11:10 a.m.

CMS expands telehealth coverage in physician fee rule following Trump executive order

The agency is proposing making permanent almost two dozen new telehealth codes. A notable exception is Medicare's temporary reimbursement for audio-only visits, though the agency did ask for public input on the omission.

By Rebecca Pifer • Aug. 04, 2020

Quarter of Medicare members can't access telehealth visits, JAMA studies show

The gallop to digital delivery of care may have left more marginalized populations without access to high-speed internet, a smartphone or even a computer behind, two studies suggest.

By Rebecca Pifer • Aug. 03, 2020

Allscripts stock surges on mixed Q2 results

The EHR vendor continues to withhold full-year guidance. But its stock, which has plummeted by almost a fourth since the beginning of this year, was up 33% in early morning trading Friday.

By Rebecca Pifer • July 31, 2020

Cerner Q2 bookings up slightly, though full-year guidance cut again

The EHR vendor cited uncertainties driven by the COVID-19 pandemic for lowering 2020 estimates, as many of its health system clients face their own woes.

By Hailey Mensik • July 30, 2020

SOC Telemed to be acquired by Healthcare Merger Corp. in blank check deal

The agreement, which values the acute care virtual care company at about $720 million, is expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year.

By Rebecca Pifer • July 30, 2020

COVID-19 spurs tripling in Teladoc visits to 2.8M, full-year outlook hiked again

Utilization dipped from March's high but stabilized at 40% higher than pre-pandemic levels following May and June containment measures, CEO Jason Gorevic said.

By Rebecca Pifer • July 29, 2020

Telehealth made up almost half of all Medicare beneficiaries' primary care use in April

Fee-for-service beneficiaries adopted telehealth for primary care at unprecedented rates as COVID-19 spread in the U.S., according to a new HHS report.

By Rebecca Pifer • July 29, 2020

Humana invests $100M in at-home primary care startup Heal

"The fact that healthcare belongs in the home — there's an exclamation mark to it, because of the pandemic, but we believed it before," Heal CEO Nick Desai told Healthcare Dive.

By Rebecca Pifer • July 29, 2020

Lifespan pays $1M to settle potential HIPAA violations over stolen laptop breach

HHS found "systemic noncompliance" with the privacy law and a lack of control over devices on this type of issue. The nonprofit health system contends there is no indication the information was accessed.

By Samantha Liss • July 28, 2020

Healthcare investment flowed freely in Q2, reaching $18B

Telehealth activity exploded, with 154 deals taking place in the second quarter — a 23% increase compared to the first quarter and a record number, according to a new report from CB Insights.

By Ron Shinkman • July 27, 2020

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'Weeks where decades happen': Telehealth 6 months into COVID-19

The nascent industry exploded out of necessity earlier this year, but its future staying power will depend on what insurers are willing to cover and whether some of the regulations relaxed because of the pandemic will stay rolled back.

By Rebecca Pifer • July 27, 2020

6 months in: The COVID-19 crisis

This series of stories examines how healthcare has changed during the course of the novel coronavirus in the United States, half a year after HHS declared a national public health emergency.

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Diving into telehealth: interviews with executives at Teladoc, Amwell and Doctor on Demand

Healthcare Dive interviewed a series of telehealth executives for our project examining the state of healthcare six months into the COVID-19 public health emergency. Here, we provide fuller responses to some of the most pressing questions facing the sector today from leadership at three of t...

By Rebecca Pifer • July 27, 2020

COVID-19 public health emergency extended

Extending the emergency allows several regulatory changes meant to help providers manage outbreaks of the novel coronavirus to continue, including the rollback of telehealth restrictions and Medicare add-on payments.

By Shannon Muchmore • July 23, 2020

Providers scramble for telehealth, pick Microsoft, Zoom and doxy.me in pandemic's early days

A little more than 80% of providers reported significant budget cuts in their organizations, but 74% of that group said they will invest more in technology moving forward, according to a recent Klas report.

By Hailey Mensik • July 23, 2020

M&A volume in health services for H1 was lowest since 2015, PwC finds

The subsector with the most deals in terms of volume was long-term care, continuing a trend since 2014, followed by other services, physician medical groups, hospitals and home health, according to the analysis.

By Shannon Muchmore • July 23, 2020

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CVS launches spoken prescription tech for app users

Spoken Rx, an RFID-tagged prescription label, uses the CVS app to read customers' prescription information aloud. The service will be available across all the company's pharmacies in 2021.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • July 16, 2020