Telehealth News and Market Developments
mHealth Intelligence: (4/30) – The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) unveiled AHIMA dHealth. The site offers resources for healthcare providers on digital health products, including privacy and data security practices and policies, and an assessment tool designed to help vendors meet AHIMA standards.
Health Payer Intelligence: (4/30) – UnitedHealthcare announced several enhancements to its integrated care benefit and specialty benefit approach for employer-sponsored health plans that are expected to simplify the member experience and increase value. The integrated health care benefit program bundles medical and specialty benefits such as vision, dental, and disability. With enhanced chronic condition identification and management, as well as increased patient engagement in clinical care, the plan is expected to improve employee health outcomes.
Fierce Healthcare: (4/28) – Amwell launched a new telehealth platform; Converge, that enables all of the company's products, programs, modules and devices, as well as applications from third parties, to be available in one place with a single code base, the company said. “Digital distribution of care is here,” said Roy Schoenberg, M.D., president and co-CEO at Amwell in a statement. “Telehealth morphed, almost overnight, from a promising technology to an existential platform in the operation of healthcare—alongside EHRs, claim systems and e-prescribing. We are witnessing a new consensus that the future care of any one patient will inevitably involve a mix of physical, digital and asynchronous/AI-based care."
Health Payer Intelligence: (4/28) – Humana announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the rest of the Kindred at Home program as part of its home healthcare expansion. “We continue to invest in assets that allow Humana to better manage the holistic needs of our members and patients by expanding care in the home, including primary care, telehealth, and emergency room care, while also addressing social determinants of health,” said Bruce Broussard, president and chief executive officer at Humana.
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