STAT+: Q&A: For this South Dakota health system, leaning into telehealth means learning ‘webside’ manner
Fighting a massive snowstorm to get to the doctor in the Dakotas is an unpleasant…
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Medicare claims data offer clues on doctors most likely to offer telehealth visits
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Is the GLP-1 party running down for Hims, and a study for the weekend
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STAT+: The weight loss drug shortage is driving patients to Hims. What happens when the shortage ends?
Hims & Hers, one of the largest publicly traded telehealth companies in the country, has…
FDA approves latest Covid vaccines, and Harris makes her case
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STAT+: Big Health gets FDA nod for its digital therapy for insomnia
Digital Therapeutics developer Big Health this week received Food and Drug Administration clearance for SleepioRx,…
Talkspace earnings, a framework for detecting AI hallucination, and trends in telehealth abortions
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Hospital at home program is waiting on Congress, but this New Jersey hospital isn’t
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STAT+: Oral ketamine tablets effective for treating depression, new study finds
The results of a randomized controlled trial published Monday showed oral ketamine tablets were safe…
STAT+: Ateev Mehrotra, the researcher the telehealth lobby loves to hate, isn’t backing down
WASHINGTON — He hardly seems the part of the telehealth industry’s public enemy No. 1….
STAT+: Telehealth startup Done’s top leadership arrested under fraud charges
The CEO and clinical president of a closely watched telehealth startup prescribing ADHD-medication Adderall online…
STAT+: Teladoc names insurance, finance exec as its new CEO
Virtual care company Teladoc has a new chief executive officer following the abrupt departure of…
STAT+: ASCO Daily Recap: AstraZeneca’s hat trick, a GSK turnaround, and palliative care as telehealth
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Opinion: Reports of telehealth’s death have been greatly exaggerated
“Telehealth is collapsing.” “Telehealth is going through a contraction.” “There is a dark cloud hovering…
STAT+: House panel eyes PBM reform to pay for telehealth extensions
A new bill set to be considered on Wednesday by the House Ways & Means…
Opinion: Virtual first is flaming out. A virtual-second model can refresh telehealth
Telehealth needs a major refresh. Just this week, retail juggernaut Walmart announced it is shuttering…
STAT+: Transcarent, Glen Tullman’s health tech unicorn, raises $126 million
Transcarent, the fast-moving company helmed by health tech investor and former Livongo CEO Glen Tullman,…
STAT+: In a big reversal, Walmart to shut down medical clinics and online care
Walmart had grand ambitions, back in 2019, to grow a network of cheaper primary care…
STAT+: Telehealth startups see an opportunity in long-ignored, complex chronic diseases
If her neurologist moved to China, Lauren Stiles says she’d follow him there. “There’s so…
STAT+: Accreditation agencies take on telehealth with new virtual care standards
In the early days of the pandemic, as social distancing forced patients out of doctors’…
Listen: A new obesity startup, an acquisition gone wrong, & the future of Teledoc
How does a startup compete with the likes of Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk in…
Teladoc became a household name under Jason Gorevic. Investors wanted more
At the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in January, Teladoc CEO Jason Gorevic dismissed the growing…
STAT+: Cerebral to pay $7 million fine and limit health data use for ads under federal order
Telehealth company Cerebral will limit the consumer health data it uses for advertising purposes under…
STAT+: FTC cracks down on telehealth addiction service Monument for sharing health data
On Thursday, the Federal Trade Commission took action against alcohol addiction telehealth company Monument, affirming…
STAT+: Telehealth providers can drive antibiotic overuse — or choose to combat it
Ho Anh had just started working at Lemonaid Health when he was caught up in…
STAT+: Teladoc CEO Jason Gorevic to leave the company
In a decision that surprised Wall Street analysts, Teladoc Health announced that long-time CEO Jason…
Health tech investor Glen Tullman launches 62 Ventures, a new $100 million fund
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Abortion pills offered via telehealth as safe as in-person medication abortions, study finds
With the Supreme Court just a month away from hearing arguments over access to the…
American Medical Association’s digital advisors table RPM coding reform proposal, again
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STAT+: More patients are getting their meds online. Big Pharma wants in on the action
Since the pandemic, patients have become increasingly comfortable with getting their medications online. Direct-to-consumer telehealth…
Accolade beats analyst estimates, Teladoc’s optimism, and more JPM health tech news
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Health data breaches hit an all-time high in 2023
Odds are, you’ve gotten at least one of the unnerving letters in your mailbox this…
STAT+: New Jersey’s telehealth restrictions cut off access to lifesaving care, lawsuit alleges
Since states started rolling back pandemic-inspired flexibilities that allowed physicians to easily practice telehealth across…
ChatGPT doesn’t know much about drugs, Hims & Hers enters weight-loss market
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STAT+: Patients loved Carbon Health’s diabetes program. That couldn’t save it
A diabetes diagnosis was not what Jason had in mind when he set out on…
STAT+: What Amazon Prime’s new One Medical offering reveals about the future of health care
Amazon Prime members have a new offer in addition to the usual delivery and streaming…
Treating Rural America: The telehealth solution
There is a persistent shortage of primary care doctors in the rural United States. Specialists,…
STAT+: Virtual care options flood the market as retailers take telehealth mainstream
When patients go shopping today, they might find themselves checking out with more than the…
Information blocking fines are now fair game in health care
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STAT+: As the obesity drug market grows, digital health companies juggle patients and payers
To much of the public, the promise of telehealth is all about convenience — get…
STAT+: Telehealth companies are driving a large share of weight loss drug prescriptions, claims data suggest
As a new class of obesity medications has soared in popularity, so have the online…
Amazon expands telehealth clinic nationwide
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STAT+: How Y Combinator’s only health care partner decides which startups are worth a shot
This story is the first in a series of profiles of influential figures and decision-makers…
The AMA’s new president on medicine’s ‘AI era’ and the uncertain future of telehealth
Much has been made of Jesse Ehrenfeld’s career of firsts. The current president of the…
TikTok cracks down on users posting about popular weight loss drugs
As the demand for GLP-1 based drugs grows, content about the new class of weight…
How telehealth startups are trying to fill the menopause care vacuum
At the turn of the century, nearly 18 million women in the United States were…
Ro pauses advertising of weight loss drug Wegovy amid shortages
Telehealth company Ro has paused advertising of the obesity drug Wegovy as the drug suffers…
Opinion: The DEA needs to officially allow telehealth prescribing for opioid use disorder
The statistics are dismal, though they bear repeating: 81% of overdose deaths in the U.S….
A deep dive on generative AI in health care, Pear sold for parts, and progress on stretchable skin
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Telehealth company Included Health ventures into home care
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