Telehealth company Visibly has agreed to pay a $500,000 settlement over deceptive marketing practices.
Category: telehealth
80% of physicians prefer in-person visits over telehealth, study says
Eighty percent of physicians said they would prefer to provide little to no telehealth visits in the future, according to an April 3 study published in Health Affairs.
Mon Health expands cardiac telemedicine services
Morgantown, W.Va.-based Mon Health System has expanded its cardiology telemedicine services to Parksview, W.Va.
US patients blindsided by telehealth appointments that charge a facility fee
U.S. patients are being blindsided by telehealth costs and many are facing facility fees even though they haven’t stepped foot in a hospital or physician’s office, The Washington Post reported April 1.
Telehealth startups worry DEA proposal will disrupt prescribing drugs that prevent overdoses
As the DEA continues to propose stricter regulations on telehealth-based opioid prescribing, telehealth companies say they are worried that the crackdown won’t allow them to prescribe life-saving medications that can help prevent opioid overdoses, The …
National telehealth utilization increased by 7.3% in January
National telehealth utilization increased by 7.3 percent in January 2023, compared to 3.8 percent in December, according to Fair Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker.
Telehealth usage decreased by 79% from 2020 to 2021
National telehealth utilization declined by 79 percent from 2020 to 2021, according to Fair Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker.
How Intermountain is bringing telehealth to the NICU
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital is launching a new telehealth program that will allow Intermountain clinicians to remotely advise clinicians in neonatal intensive care units at four hospitals in Utah and one in Montana, l…
Teladoc providing free virtual care to Mississippi residents affected by tornadoes
Teladoc announced it will provide free virtual care to Mississippi residents affected by recent tornadoes.
FTC zeros in on telehealth startups sharing consumer data with third parties
The Federal Trade Commission said it is expecting to look into more telehealth startups who are sharing consumer data with third parties, The Wall Street Journal reported March 26.
