A look ahead at digital health and health policy under President Trump
Healthcare wasn’t exactly priority number one in President Donald Trump’s inaugural address this morning. In fact, despite the apparently looming repeal of the Affordable Care Act, the only reference...
View ArticleConsejoSano raises $4.9M for Spanish-language healthcare services platform
San Francisco-based ConsejoSano, which makes a health services navigation platform for Spanish speakers in America, has raised $4.9 million in Series A funding in a round led by 7wire Ventures. Tufts...
View ArticleSense Health, Voxiva merge to form Wellpass, an integrated messaging and...
Healthcare communications software companies Sense Health and Voxiva have merged to form Wellpass,a messaging platform to connect payers, providers and the patients they serve. By joining forces, the...
View ArticleTechnology survey helps tailor interventions for Michigan's Medicaid population
Fifty-two percent of Michigan Medicaid recipients own a smartphone and 64 percent own a laptop, but only 40 percent own a tablet. Those are some of the many insights from a phone survey of 900 Medicaid...
View ArticleReport: All but two states have some Medicaid telemedicine reimbursement
The Center for Connected Health Policy has released the fifth edition of its State Telehealth Laws and Reimbursement Policies Report. CCHP uncovered many notable findings in the new report. Perhaps...
View ArticleHarvard to study how mPulse Mobile's interactive texting programs impact...
While it is impossible to call any one method of patient engagement “tried and true,” texting as a means of getting people to play an active role in their healthcare has been a successful strategy in...
View ArticleHealth Affairs: Telemedicine for mental health is fast growing, but inconsistent
A new report on telemental health in Health Affairs shows that, among rural Medicare beneficiaries, use of telemedicine for mental health is growing quickly but inconsistently across the population....
View ArticleNew Senate bill seeks to reduce restrictions on telemedicine use
While the Senate’s efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act imploded last week, that hasn’t stopped lawmakers from introducing bills that would make tweaks to the healthcare system in...
View ArticleOIG to audit Medicaid telehealth payments as claims increase
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General will audit Medicaid payments for telemedicine and telehealth payments to ensure compliance with reimbursement...
View ArticleDigital health news briefs for 11/22/17
Mobile Medicaid: Missouri Medicaid members have a new mobile tool when searching for healthcare information. Missouri Care’s mobile app will allow patients to find a doctor or dentist, locate nearby...
View ArticleConsejoSano raises $4.9M for Spanish-language healthcare services platform
San Francisco-based ConsejoSano, which makes a health services navigation platform for Spanish speakers in America, has raised $4.9 million in Series A funding in a round led by 7wire Ventures. Tufts...
View ArticleSense Health, Voxiva merge to form Wellpass, an integrated messaging and...
Healthcare communications software companies Sense Health and Voxiva have merged to form Wellpass,a messaging platform to connect payers, providers and the patients they serve. By joining forces, the...
View ArticleTechnology survey helps tailor interventions for Michigan's Medicaid population
Fifty-two percent of Michigan Medicaid recipients own a smartphone and 64 percent own a laptop, but only 40 percent own a tablet. Those are some of the many insights from a phone survey of 900 Medicaid...
View ArticleReport: All but two states have some Medicaid telemedicine reimbursement
The Center for Connected Health Policy has released the fifth edition of its State Telehealth Laws and Reimbursement Policies Report. CCHP uncovered many notable findings in the new report. Perhaps...
View ArticleHarvard to study how mPulse Mobile's interactive texting programs impact...
While it is impossible to call any one method of patient engagement “tried and true,” texting as a means of getting people to play an active role in their healthcare has been a successful strategy in...
View ArticleHealth Affairs: Telemedicine for mental health is fast growing, but inconsistent
A new report on telemental health in Health Affairs shows that, among rural Medicare beneficiaries, use of telemedicine for mental health is growing quickly but inconsistently across the population....
View ArticleNew Senate bill seeks to reduce restrictions on telemedicine use
While the Senate’s efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act imploded last week, that hasn’t stopped lawmakers from introducing bills that would make tweaks to the healthcare system in...
View ArticleOIG to audit Medicaid telehealth payments as claims increase
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General will audit Medicaid payments for telemedicine and telehealth payments to ensure compliance with reimbursement...
View ArticleDigital health news briefs for 11/22/17
Mobile Medicaid: Missouri Medicaid members have a new mobile tool when searching for healthcare information. Missouri Care’s mobile app will allow patients to find a doctor or dentist, locate nearby...
View ArticleColorado leads, Massachusetts lags on state telemedicine laws, reimbursement
Last week’s announcement of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ new fee schedule could mean a big increase in the amount of care given via telemedicine that’s reimbursed by Medicare. But for...
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