Telehealth
Consumer-centric digital services could become the new norm, according to CEO and President Larry Merlo.
Cost sharing is being waived for in-network primary care, behavioral health and telehealth visits.
The interim rule is extending the mitigation of shared losses back to January 2020.
HRSA's Federal Office of Rural Health Policy awarded $5 million to develop cross-state licensure for clinicians.
The agency's goal is to ensure states and localities have the flexibility they need to ramp up diagnostic testing and access to medical care.
Consumers may take a more active role in managing health and participating in a system that is essentially being remade.
The funds will go to 1,779 small rural hospitals and 14 Telehealth Resource Centers.
Lasting change will have to come from Congress, but there will be more of an impetus now that telehealth is getting its day in the sun.
Walgreens Find Care now includes a COVID-19 risk assessment powered by Microsoft Healthcare Bot on Microsoft Azure.
While new technologies are being deployed, health systems can use existing resources to help combat the coronavirus's spread.