Telehealth
Former employee and HIMSS board member Frank Cutitta just marked his 100th day recovering from the coronavirus.
This week's top stories include the virtual health platform going mainstream, hospitals having to disclose privately negotiated rates with health insurers and sleep monitoring coming to Apple Watch.
The model's services include skilled nursing, medications, infusions, behavioral health, imaging and laboratory services and rehabilitation.
The proposed rule also updates home health payment rates for 2021.
The Community Care Cooperative is raising $5 million to provide telehealth capabilities to local health centers.
Privia Health CEO Shawn Morris says doctors are racing to adapt to new technologies to be able to care for patients remotely.
"We're at the beginning of defining what omnichannel means for health," says CVS Health CEO Larry Merlo.
This week's top stories include the Department of Health and Human Services whittling down vaccine candidates, the Senate weighing the future of telehealth and Proteus filing for bankruptcy.
Of the 31 changes federal policymakers have enacted so far to ease access to virtual care, senators wondered: How many should be made permanent?
The cloud IT company said it developed the athenaTelehealth technology in response to a 3,400% uptick in telehealth visits across its customer network from mid-February to April.