[Podcast] Navigating Autism, Transforming Lives: The essential role of assessments

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By Healthcare Dive's studioID • May 8, 2025

Amwell narrows losses in Q1 amid military contract rollout

The telehealth firm has deployed its product for scheduled virtual visits across the Military Health System. CFO and COO Mark Hirschhorn called it “the most significant growth initiative in our company’s history."

By Emily Olsen • May 2, 2025

Teladoc acquires mental health firm UpLift as BetterHelp earnings slide

The deal boosts BetterHelp’s ability to accept insurance coverage, offering “a potential avenue out of the less-stable cash pay market,” one analyst said.

By Emily Olsen • Updated May 1, 2025

DEA, HHS delay telehealth buprenorphine prescribing rule again

The final rule, which allows registered clinicians to prescribe up to an initial six-month supply of the drug used to treat opioid use disorder via telehealth, will now go into effect Dec. 31.

By Emily Olsen • March 21, 2025

Congress extends Medicare telehealth flexibilities for 6 months

Telehealth groups celebrated the extension, but added that the short-term reprieve means continued uncertainty for providers.

By Emily Olsen • March 18, 2025

Virtual physical therapy company Hinge Health files for IPO

The digital health IPO market has slowed to a crawl in recent years, but it could be poised for a turnaround in 2025, experts say.

By Emily Olsen • March 12, 2025

Amwell names Amazon vet to chief product and technology role

Dan Zamansky, who previously led AWS Health AI, will now oversee the telehealth vendor’s product and research organizations.

By Emily Olsen • March 3, 2025

Teladoc posts $1B loss in 2024 as BetterHelp lags

The direct-to-consumer mental health segment’s adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization was down 43% last year from 2023.

By Emily Olsen • Feb. 27, 2025

Acute specialty telemedicine: Hospitals’ strategic solution for treating high-acuity patients and improving financial performance

Learn how telemedicine drives revenue growth by keeping complex patients and reducing length-of-stay.

By Chris Gallagher, MD • Feb. 24, 2025

Teladoc to acquire virtual care company Catapult Health for $65M

The deal could help funnel eligible patients towards Teladoc’s other offerings, including chronic condition management programs — a key focus area for the telehealth vendor.

By Emily Olsen • Feb. 5, 2025

DEA proposes long-awaited rule for telehealth controlled substance prescriptions

However, telehealth advocates raised concerns about restrictions included in the rule, with one group asking President-elect Donald Trump to withdraw the proposal.

By Emily Olsen • Jan. 16, 2025

Teladoc joins Amazon’s digital health benefits program

Entering the marketplace could help drive enrollment in Teladoc’s chronic care management programs, executives with the virtual care company said at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference this week.

By Emily Olsen • Jan. 15, 2025

Top healthcare technology trends in 2025

The shape of AI regulation will be uncertain under the Trump administration this year, while healthcare companies will continue bolstering cyber defenses to withstand increasing attacks, experts say.

By Emily Olsen • Jan. 15, 2025

Amwell sells virtual psychiatric care business to Avel eCare for $21M

The divestiture “fortifies our confidence” to reach positive cash flow in 2026, said Amwell CEO Ido Schoenberg.

By Emily Olsen • Jan. 9, 2025

Healthcare venture capital investment amplified by AI in 2024: report

Nearly 30% of the funding poured into healthcare startups last year went to companies leveraging artificial intelligence, according to Silicon Valley Bank.

By Emily Olsen • Jan. 9, 2025

Biden signs funding bill extending telehealth flexibilities, but no relief for doctors — or PBM reform

Physician groups slammed Congress for allowing a 2.8% cut to their Medicare pay to go into effect.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Dec. 23, 2024

Telehealth groups call for urgent action as Medicare flexibility deadline looms

A sweeping funding bill that would have preserved the pandemic-era policies for two years was derailed by President-elect Donald Trump, less than two weeks before the flexibilities are set to expire.

By Emily Olsen • Dec. 19, 2024

Stopgap funding bill includes sweeping PBM reform, preserves telehealth flexibilities

The bipartisan agreement will fund the government through March. It could also reshape the pharmacy supply chain by reforming how controversial drug middlemen do business.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Dec. 18, 2024

Employers can help reduce parental burnout with virtual care, new study finds

The responses from the study reveal that the ability to manage personal health, along with the rising cost of living, are the top stressors in respondents’ lives.

Dec. 16, 2024

DEA, HHS issue another extension for telehealth controlled substance prescribing

The third temporary extension, which prolongs the pandemic-era flexibilities through the end of 2025, is a relief for telehealth groups who had raised concerns about access to medications.

By Emily Olsen • Nov. 18, 2024

No link between telehealth and low-value services in primary care: study

The findings could reassure policymakers concerned that virtual care could increase unnecessary or wasteful services.

By Emily Olsen • Nov. 14, 2024

Telehealth company Cerebral to pay nearly $3.7M over prescribing practices

Regulators allege the online mental health company attempted to increase prescriptions of drugs like Adderall to boost revenue.

By Emily Olsen • Nov. 6, 2024

Amwell taps ex-Teladoc exec as CFO

Mark Hirschhorn will join the telehealth vendor from TapestryHealth.

By Sydney Halleman • Oct. 16, 2024

When managing a healthcare practice, what’s the value of prevention?

Here are the legal issues providers need to know as litigation increases around healthcare fraud and abuse, according to two experts.

By Nadia de la Houssaye and Donald W. Washington • Oct. 10, 2024

Lawmakers urge Biden administration to extend telehealth prescribing flexibilities for opioid use disorder

A bipartisan group of two dozen representatives pushed officials to preserve the pandemic-era prescribing changes for buprenorphine, arguing telehealth increases access and prevents overdoses.

By Emily Olsen • Oct. 3, 2024