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ATA Action Bringing Top Federal Policy Priorities to Capitol Hill to Support Permanent Access to Virtual Care and Digita...

ATA Action, the affiliated policy and legislative advocacy arm of the American Telemedicine Association, met with 35 Congressional offices, House and Senate leadership offices, an...

How does Medicare cover telehealth appointments?

Telehealth has made it much easier to get care without leaving home, and it’s usually much simpler to use than people expect.

Telehealth, Precision Ag, and Aging Share a Single Dependency: Reliable Connection

The closest emergency room to parts of Perry County, Kentucky is 55 miles away. Telemedicine fills the gap.

10 Telehealth Visits You Never Need to Leave Home For

In the United States, nearly 40% of all adults reported utilizing telehealth services in some year within the last year. Traditionally, a doctor’s appointment meant...

Virtual primary care coming to Saskatchewan

REGINA – The Government of Saskatchewan is following up on its Patients First commitment by issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking vendors to provide virtual care services f...

4 Lifesaving Telehealth Benefits for Seniors That Became Standard Under Recent Federal Rules

For many seniors, telehealth started as a temporary pandemic convenience and quickly became a lifeline. Retirees managing heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, mobility issues, or me...

Telehealth Booms as Demand for GLP-1s Surges and Questions Mount About Safety, Oversight

Many telehealth companies have emerged in recent years offering easy access to GLP-1 weight loss drugs as demand has exploded. Meanwhile, researchers and doctors are concerned that...

Why HIPAA-Compliant Telehealth Requires a Flexible, Device-Agnostic Workforce

The following is a guest article by David Matalon, Chief Executive Officer at Venn Telehealth has expanded access to care and fundamentally changed how healthcare organizations del...

Fifty Billion Dollars, and Patients Who Can’t Log In

Getting online doesn’t mean someone can log into a patient portal, troubleshoot a video visit, or manage a remote monitoring device.

Telehealth Booms As Demand For GLP-1s Surges and Questions Mount About Safety, Oversight

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2026 — Within 24 hours of injecting the first dose of a weight loss medication she received following a visit with a telehealth doctor, Karleigh McClain was adm...

Walmart, Teladoc Team Up to Expand Access to Virtual Care

Through a new partnership, Teladoc Health’s virtual services are now available on Walmart’s Better Care Services platform. The post Walmart, Teladoc Team Up to Expand Access to Vir...

AMA calls for AI regulations in clinics, insurance

The AMA adopted new AI policies in a bid to ensure that the technology supports evidence-based medicine, bolsters patient care and serves under a physician’s oversight, instead of...

Telehealth kiosks: Extending healthcare access, lowering costs

Access to healthcare is becoming increasingly difficult in many rural communities across the United States. The issue is particularly challenging when it comes to delivering health...

Congress Extends Medicare Telehealth Through 2027 as CONNECT for Health Act Pushes Permanent Reform

Although telehealth use has declined from its pandemic peak, it remains nearly twice as common among traditional Medicare beneficiaries as it was before 2020, reflecting...

What telemedicine gets right that in-person care gets wrong

A patient called at 7:45 on a Tuesday morning. She was a nurse, working nights. She had confirmed flu, her employer needed documentation within 24 hours, and the nearest GP clinic...

US telehealth utilization climbs 10.1% in Q1, led by mental health visits: Fair Health

The top five diagnostic categories were mental health, acute respiratory diseases and infections, overweight and obesity, endocrine and metabolic disorders and joint and soft tissu...

Prior authorization reform gets promising start from House health panel

Statement is attributable to: - John Whyte, MD, MPH - CEO, American Medical Association - - “The American Medical Association commends the House Energy and Commerce Health...

Why medicine is late to asynchronous telehealth

A patient called my office at 9 p.m. on a Tuesday. She had a UTI. She knew she had a UTI. She’d treated the same thing twice before that year and could probably have diagnosed it f...

Telehealth Booms as Demand for GLP-1s Surges and Questions Mount About Safety, Oversight

Some medical experts are concerned that virtual care may be insufficient for prescribing weight loss drugs. The post Telehealth Booms as Demand for GLP-1s Surges and Questions Moun...

Virtual care tech companies launch 'out-of-the-box' RPM tool for pharmacies

The program's goal is to empower pharmacies, particularly independent ones in rural areas, to oversee and support chronic care patients between scheduled office visits.

Telehealth booms as demand for GLP-1s surges and questions mount about safety, oversight

Within 24 hours of injecting the first dose of a weight loss medication she received following a visit with a telehealth doctor, Karleigh McClain was admitted to the hospital, she...

From Medicaid work requirement exemptions to AI safeguards in coverage: New AMA policies from annual meeting

The organization released a series of new policy announcements, alongside a new president-elect, at its Annual Meeting of the House of Delegates.

AMA issues policy urging exemptions in upcoming Medicaid work requirements

The organization says policymakers need to ensure upcoming requirements protect patients with serious medical conditions while minimizing potential administrative burden.

AI, Virtual Care, and EHR Optimization- What Hospitals Should Watch as AHA and West Health Launch National Accelerator