Telehealth

This week's top stories include the CMS upping penalties for hospitals ignoring the price transparency rule, the ATA and other groups asking Congress to safeguard telehealth, and senior assistance company Papa raises $150 million in Series D funding.

In a preview of his panel at the HIMSS Cybersecurity Forum, Franciscan Health Vice President of Digital Innovation and Applications Sri Bharadwaj says threat factors have substantially increased amid COVID-19.

After its rapid adoption during the pandemic, virtual care is here to stay. Going forward, providers must balance in-person and virtual care to provide a seamless experience for patients along every step of the care journey.

WebCareHealth CEO Dr. Teresa Sieck unpacks the results of the report about remote patient monitoring's abilities to find gaps in care, improve patient engagement, enhance the provider experience and boost revenue.

AMA wants Congress to avert physician payment cuts it says will amount to 9.75% for 2022.

Advocacy organizations and business groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Congress, argue that current law effectively prevents employers from offering virtual care to part-time or seasonal workers.

The COVID-19 pandemic pushed the business from delicate conditions like sexual health and hair loss into primary care and mental health.

Dr. Rowland Illing, director of international public sector health at Amazon Web Services, offers a tutorial on some leading-edge technologies, and how they're being deployed across healthcare.

The COVID-19 pandemic helped propel digital healthcare into the spotlight in 2020. But questions remain about how the industry will permanently change. Now at the tail end of 2021, we look back at how digital health has become a healthcare staple.

The groups say that the premature expiration of pandemic-era policies could leave patients, especially immunocompromised people, in the lurch.