Sarah Lopez, MD, a former patient safety officer for Los Angeles-based UCLA Health, has joined Latino-focused telehealth startup Zócalo Health as its first chief medical officer.
Category: telehealth
Digital, telehealth groups start virtual care directory
Virtual care collaborative Impact has started a crowdsourced online directory of virtual care companies, featuring big players like Amazon Clinic, CVS Health and Amwell.
CVS Health debuts new virtual primary care
CVS Health launched new virtual care offerings Jan. 23 focused on primary care and mental health services.
Patients save up to $180 using telemedicine, Moffitt Cancer Center says
Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center found that patients can save between $147.40 to $186.10 by using telemedicine.
Seattle Children's offering virtual urgent care
Seattle Children’s will now offer virtual urgent care.
Cigna, Amazon execs joins American Telemedicine Association policy council
The federal policy director of Cigna will replace an executive from St. Louis-based Ascension as chair of the American Telemedicine Association’s policy council, which was also joined by leaders from Amazon and Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health.
Early in the Pandemic, Private Insurers Paid Similarly for Common Telehealth and In-Person Claims
This analysis of 2020 claims data finds that as telehealth use surged as the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the shift toward virtual physician and mental health care did not materially affect how much insurers paid for each patient encounter.
Teladoc lays off 6% of non-clinician staff
Virtual care company Teladoc is laying off 6 percent of its staff, or 300 positions, in its non-clinician workforce, MarketWatch reported Jan. 18.
National telehealth utilization fell 3.7% in October
National telehealth utilization declined by 3.7 percent in October, according to Fair Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker.
Teladoc revises 2022 Q4 revenue projections
Teladoc released revised quarterly guidance narrowing its revenue range to an estimate between $633 million and $640 million for the fourth quarter and to $2.403 billion to $2.41 billion for 2022.
