Category: telehealth

2023 Employer Health Benefits Chart Pack

This slideshow captures key data from the 2023 KFF Employer Health Benefits Survey survey, providing a detailed look at trends in employer-sponsored health coverage, including premiums, employee contributions, cost-sharing, abortion coverage, offer rat…

2023 Employer Health Benefits Survey

This annual survey of employers provides a detailed look at trends in employer-sponsored health coverage, including premiums, worker contributions, cost-sharing provisions, offer rates, and more. This year’s report also looks at how employers are addre…

Benchmark Survey: Annual Family Premiums for Employer Coverage Rise 7% to Nearly $24,000 in 2023; Workers Contribute $6,575 on Average Now, But Potentially More Soon

Amid rising inflation, annual family premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance climbed 7% on average this year to reach $23,968, a sharp departure from virtually no growth in premiums last year, the 2023 benchmark KFF Employer Health Benefits Su…

New Jersey hospital offers virtual urgent care

Saint Peter’s Healthcare System, based in New Brunswick, N.J., is now offering patients 18 years and older access to urgent virtual care. 

Orlando Health to launch virtual nursing

Orlando (Fla.) Health is expanding its virtual care capabilities by launching AI-powered virtual nursing.

AHA asks CMS to stop telehealth rule

The American Hospital Association is asking CMS to stop a pending requirement that healthcare providers list their addresses if they’re providing telehealth from their homes.

DEA extends controlled substance prescription via telehealth

The Drug Enforcement Administration extended certain COVID-19 era rules to allow healthcare providers to continue prescribing certain controlled substances via telehealth through the end of 2024, The Hill reported Oct. 6.

NYC Health + Hospitals to offer telehealth abortion care

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and NYC Health + Hospitals have launched telehealth abortion access, becoming the first public health system in the nation to do so. 

CMS to maintain geographic flexibility for telehealth

CMS has proposed maintaining geographic flexibility for telehealth through Dec. 31, 2024, allowing Medicare beneficiaries to be treated virtually by physicians located anywhere in the U.S.

5 most highly valued telehealth unicorns

Despite the decline in telehealth usage in recent months, two telehealth companies are still valued at $3 billion or more, according to an Aug. 31 report from CB Insights.