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HHS Grants $55M More to Bring Telehealth Services to Underserved in the US
February 16, 2022

Signaling a sense that telehealth can reach and help patients in ways the healthcare system perhaps wasn’t before, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), is putting millions more in grants into it. Get the...

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Walgreens and VillageMD Adding 5 Jax Area Full-Service PCPs
February 16, 2022

Walgreens Boots Alliance and VillageMD plan to open five Jacksonville-area Village Medical at Walgreens coordinated primary care practices by the end of the summer, making it the third major city in the Sunshine State to be home to the facilities, according to a Wednesday (Feb....

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‘Telehealth 2.0’ Will Blur Lines Between Virtual and In-Office Care
February 15, 2022

Starting a healthcare practice is a costly, protracted process that takes 15 months and $15 million by some estimates just to get up and running. It’s utterly out of step with pandemic-era needs. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Telehealth Growth Raises Data, Digital Identity Concerns
February 14, 2022

The pandemic has exposed a lot of weak links in healthcare, and identity is a big one. Healthcare providers float on oceans of sensitive patient data that is not only a glaring fraud risk, but also injects massive inefficiency into an overburdened system. Get the...

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Value-Based and Accountable Healthcare Models Link Better Outcomes, Increased Revenues
February 11, 2022

Amid a global health crisis unlike any in memory, healthcare is undergoing new treatments of its own, chief among them the expansion of cost-conscious, value-based care models. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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Healthcare Payments Get Patient-Centered Overhaul in 2022
February 10, 2022

Among all the disjointed, untidy processes exposed by the pandemic, ironically, healthcare itself is a prime example in the bad process parade — especially when it comes to paying medical bills. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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New Financing Options Help Patients, Practices Manage Rising Healthcare Costs
February 09, 2022

Consumers across demographic groups are feeling the sting of high out-of-pocket medical costs, often delaying or foregoing necessary treatment because they can’t afford it. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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Amazon Care Goes National With Hybrid Virtual and In-Home Model
February 08, 2022

Citing growing demand and a general expansion of its efforts in the healthcare space, Amazon is rolling out it Amazon Care platform following a series of successful pilots last year. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Senators Push Bill to Keep Telehealth Medicare Coverage as Private Insurers Lean Into Virtual
February 08, 2022

We learned during the pandemic that some stopgaps are in fact improvements over what went before, and telehealth is leading that pack of innovations with ongoing widespread support. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...