Category: telehealth

Kaiser Permanente Ventures participated in a $65 million financing round for a virtual care startup focused on home-based patients.

Kaiser Permanente Ventures participated in a $65 million financing round for a virtual care startup focused on home-based patients.

Nationally, telehealth claim lines saw a slight decline, dropping from 4.86% of all medical claim lines in April to 4.82% in May, representing a 0.8% decrease, FAIR Health’s monthly telehealth regional tracker found. 

It is anticipated that Congress will extend telehealth access rules for Medicare patients, though likely not until after the election. This delay could have significant repercussions, Politico reported Aug. 9.

While telehealth use has largely leveled off since the COVID-19 pandemic, one group of patients at Kaiser Permanente and UCSF Health has increasingly taken advantage of the technology.

Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health’s telehealth journey began in 2018 during what Bill Sheahan, the organization’s chief innovation officer and vice president, called the “era of telehealth exploration.” 

The American Telemedicine Association formed a new leadership council featuring 11 health system executives.

UPMC Enterprises, the venture capital arm of Pittsburgh-based UPMC, has sold its inpatient teleconsult technology to eVisit, a virtual care platform. Initially developed during the COVID-19 pandemic, this platform played a crucial role in supporting he…

Healthcare technology company Fabric acquired Walmart’s virtual care business, MeMD, which serves 30,000 employers and has 5 million members.

Even though Congress is working to extend pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities, political leaders say the care model has yet to live up to its promise, Politico reported.