Virtual care company Teladoc Health is partnering with Trustmark Health Benefits to offer a virtual-first insurance plan.
The health plan, called myVirtualCare Access, is built around Teladoc’s primary care offering, Primary360, which was made available for payers early last month.
Members will pay $0 co-pays for virtual services and preferential cost sharing for in-person services that are...
Employee morale is low and turnover is high at direct-to-consumer virtual care company Ro, as the company struggles to expand its success beyond erectile dysfunction medication, according to reporting by TechCrunch.
TechCrunch’s anonymous interviews with 10 current and former Ro workers detail employee churn across departments and a frantic pace to launch or acquire new products that then...
Digital health company Truepill scored $142 million in Series D financing from existing investors Initialized Capital and TI Platform Management.
The company said the new funding brings its total raise to $256 million and its valuation to $1.6 billion. Truepill announced a $75 million Series C in September 2020, just a few months after it brought in $25 million in Series B funding.
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Telehealth and remote device maker TytoCare is expanding its video capabilities with improved video quality and multi-party calls, as well as allowing clinicians to use any type of tablet for telehealth visits.
The enhanced video options, offered through Amazon’s video conferencing service Amazon Chime, will let multiple members of a care team join in a call, like a primary care provider...
Virtual care giant Teladoc Health announced Wednesday that its primary care offering, Primary360, is now available for health plans, employers and other payers.
Primary360 allows members to choose a primary care provider and work with a care team, which can also help them find in-person providers if necessary. Members can make personalized healthcare plans and schedule phone or video telehealth...
US-based healthcare IT firms Royal Philips and Teladoc Health have joined hands to deliver virtual care solutions in Australia and New Zealand.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
The two global healthcare IT firms will combine their virtual care offerings to offer hospitals and health systems a scalable end-to-end virtual care service that allows them to conduct remote patient monitoring across health facilities...
Telehealth platform eVisit announced Tuesday it closed a $45 million Series B funding round.
The round was led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s growth equity business, with participation from investors including Texas Health Resources and Health Catalyst cofounders Tom Burton and Steve Barlow.
WHAT IT DOES
eVisit provides a virtual care platform that includes scheduling, intake, a waiting room...
By now everyone knows that virtual care usage exploded over the last year, forging a new competitive era of telehealth. While more choice and greater access are generally good things for consumers in any industry (and this is also true for healthcare where patients, our “consumers,” have historically had neither) the growing virtual care market also has the potential to lead to a more fragmented ...
As one of the nation’s largest health systems, serving more than nine million veterans and supporting over 400,000 healthcare providers across the country, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs knew the importance of virtual care long before the pandemic forced its acceleration.
To Dr. Christina Armstrong, a clinical psychologist at the VA’s Office of Connected Care, virtual care lets providers...
Zoom has released a beta version of an iOS mobile browser client for telehealth, allowing patients to access appointments without downloading an app.
The simplified setting lets providers send a link to patients through text or email. Though the providers’ experience will be the same, allowing for host controls and virtual backgrounds, patients will simply need to click a link to join the meeting...
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