This week the American Journal of Managed Care published an article regarding the ways in which the healthcare market affects primary care physicians, and the diversity of ways in which people access primary care.
The retail health consumer approach, influenced by the commodification of healthcare in the United States by health...Arizona News
Health clinics in Safeway stores across Arizona have gone completely automated, combining artificial intelligence, augmented reality and telemedicine to offer healthcare services in under 30 minutes. Patients worried about an injury or potential illness provide their physical information to a computerized program armed with artificial...National News
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized plans to allow Medicare Advantage plans to increase access to telehealth benefits, including the option for beneficiaries to receive care in their home through telemedicine instead of a healthcare facility.
The Friday announcement is a result of the Bipartisan Budget Act...Arizona News
Net losses shrink as member engagement rises for insurance start-up Oscar Health, according to its year end report released this month. And as telemedicine gains traction in the healthcare space, Oscar is not missing out with a new initiative offering members access to virtual care at anytime and anywhere through its Doctor on Call...
A pilot project from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) could change the way Medicare pays for emergency ambulance services. If the plan is adopted, it would be a big Medicare dollar saver and allow first responders to use urgent care centers, doctor's offices and even telemedicine in the comfort of a patient's...
All eyes are on the Arizona Legislature as a bill encouraging parity of coverage (not rates) between in-person care and telemedicine makes its way through the lawmaking process. Publisher's note: Bill 1089 ultimately passed and was signed by Gov. Ducey, effective January 1,2021Senate bill 1089, sponsored by now Senator Heather Carter...
As the crusade for gender equality continues along with the proliferation of non-traditional careers, Dr. Julie Hall-Barrow, senior vice president of Network Development and Innovation at Children's Health in Dallas, is utilizing innovation in the IT space to remove barriers to care and she said being a woman in IT was not an...
Restrictions to be waived in the joint replacement model.
Stakeholders convinced CMS that the costs of email interaction was not covered by other sources and did entail additional costs to deliver telehealth services such as maintaining the telecommunications equipment, software and security.
Researchers in Wisconsin caution that...
