Optum's online marketplace, which aims to provide affordable healthcare products and services, now has virtual care visits.

Infant feeding telehealth company SimpliFed is expanding services to Health First Colorado beneficiaries.

The Atlanta Board of Education approved a plan giving Atlanta public schools w access to telehealth services through Hazel Health, according to an Aug.14 report from WSB-TV Atlanta.

Remote monitoring of COVID-19 symptoms was associated with better outcomes for patients at Milwaukee-based Froedtert Health, a recent study in JAMA Network Open found.

Telehealth company Teladoc Health has launched an A1C at-home diabetes testing program for members of its Livongo diabetes management program.

Milwaukee Bucks star power forward and former National Basketball Association's most valuable player Giannis Antetokounmpo is investing in telehealth company Antidote, according to an Aug. 11 report in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Cloud-based healthcare tech company NexGen Healthcare has added a group visit function to its telehealth platform that will allow specialists and other providers to collaborate on the same telehealth call and include patients' family members, the company said Aug. 9.

Telemedicine can be less efficient than in-person care, potentially adding to clinician burnout, according to a July 28 analysis published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.

Tricare, the healthcare program for the U.S. military, is bringing back copayments for telehealth care after a two-year hiatus, according to reporting in Task and Purpose Purpose.

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health, Sanford Clinic and Sanford Medical Center agreed to pay a $25,842 settlement for allegedly submitting claims for telemedicine services that did not meet applicable requirements.

The House passed legislation to extend Medicare reimbursements for medical visits that occur by video or phone call through 2024, but recent federal crackdowns on Medicare fraud linked to telehealth have raised concerns in Washington, Politico reported Aug. 7.

Amwell reported a second quarter revenue of $64.5 million, up 7 percent from $60.2 million in the second quarter of 2021.

Amwell is working with CVS Health to roll out the retail drugstore giant's new virtual primary care service, the telehealth provider announced in its Aug. 4 second quarter earnings call. 

Los Angeles-based hospital CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center has launched a telestroke program in collaboration with the University of Southern California's Keck Medicine.

HHS and the Justice Department have partnered to issue guidance for healthcare providers on protections under nondiscrimination laws and how they apply to telehealth. 

The past several years, we’ve seen the healthcare industry undergo a major transformation. However, many of those shifts were hastily patched together solutions enacted solely to keep work and patient care going during tumultuous times. 

Teladoc will offer free general medical telehealth visits to individuals affected by the Kentucky flood.

From legislation that should be enacted at the federal level to providers helping patients use telehealth, there are several ways in which different stakeholders could improve the use of telehealth in an equitable and effective manner, according to a July 25 report from the Brookings Institute. 

On Tuesday, June 28, 2022, FDA announced the availability of the proposed rule Nonprescription Drug Product with an Additional Condition for Nonprescription Use (Docket No. FDA-2021-N-0862).

Measuring satisfaction, changes in in-person clinic use and the development of innovative new programs are important metrics hospitals and health systems can use to analyze the success of their telehealth services, according to a July 27 American Medical Association article.