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Innovation
eConsults Offer a Virtual Platform to Improve Specialist Access
A pilot program in Maine is proving the value of a telemedicine network that links remote primary care providers with...
Telehealth
As More Patients Email Doctors, Health Systems Start Charging Fees
Billing for e-visits raises knotty questions about fairly compensating providers and enhancing patients' access to care.
Telehealth
CHS, Mindoula Partnership Integrates Virtual Mental Healthcare in Primary Care Venues
Maryland-based Mindoula has a footprint in 23 states and the District of Columbia.
Telehealth
Pearl Health Partnership Accelerates Walgreens' Value-Based Care Push
The announcement comes just one week Walgreens CEO Rosalind Brewer's sudden departure.
Innovation
Memphis Project Brings Primary Care to Urban YMCAs
A new partnership will open primary care clinics in select YMCAs around Memphis, offering more convenient access to care for...
Strategy
Most States Have Yet to Permanently Fund 988. Call Centers Want Certainty.
The federal government has provided about $1 billion to launch the number, designed as an alternative to 911.
Technology
Leveling the Playing Field for Rural Health Providers
What will it take? Rural health executives share their solutions to healthcare desert challenges.
Innovation
Contributed Content: Left Stranded: Millions in Healthcare Deserts Battle for Access to Life-Saving Services
Nashville General Hospital CEO Joseph Webb, DSc, FACHE, explains how health systems are addressing care gaps in the country's most...
Payer
5 Recent Market Exits by Health Insurers
Some payers have decided to shift their strategy or focus their attention on their core line of business.
Innovation
Illinois Expands Rural Mental Telehealth Program Across the State
The Farm Family Resource Initiative offers telehealth access for mental health services to rural farming and ranching communities, where suicide...
Telehealth
Telehealth Lobby Lauds CMS' '24 Physician Fee Sked Proposed Rule
However, the ATA urges tighter privacy provisions for physicians.
Innovation
LA Health Plan Launches Program to Improve Healthcare for the Homeless
The health plan is issuing more than $4 million in grants to nine organizations through an innovative program to improve...