...did that Insurtechs Were The Future. At the very least, their practices would be adopted by the legacy insurers: easy online enrollment, lower premiums, predictive analytics, machine learning, digital documentation, online health education via apps, outsourcing areas such as customer service 24/7 and even marketing. Even those like Cigna through their Ventures arm bet some millions on insurtechs redefining payer-member relationships and payer structure, gaining better margins at profitable lines of business like Medicare Advantage (MA) and special needs plans (SNPs). After all, these plans did have people with decades of experience at insurers in their management, didn’t they, and... Continue Reading
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Embedding ECG sensors to a supermarket cart (trolley) handle as ‘first-line’ screening for atrial fibrillation
...The study over the past two months recruited 2,155 adult shoppers who used the carts and placed hands on the equipped handles over the 60-second monitoring time required to get an accurate ECG. About 220 were ‘red-lighted’–an irregular heartbeat was picked up by the sensor in the handle that alerted the in-store pharmacist, who then took a manual pulse measurement and a static control sensor reading. Of the 220, it confirmed AF in 59 individuals–26%. 20 already knew they had AF, meaning that 39 did not know. The average age of the 59 participants with atrial fibrillation was 74 years... Continue Reading
Perspectives: How robust patient scheduling and intake enable better patient access to cancer care – a UK case study
...Strong digital patient intake is the first – and one of the most crucial – steps to the success of a virtual-first care model that prioritizes convenience and affordability but not at the expense of high-quality personalized care. Perci’s Healee-powered platform utilizes digital intake forms by offering an online questionnaire that first determines the person’s demographic profile and then provides the option for two journeys – “supporting someone with cancer” or “living with or beyond cancer.” For people who choose the “supporting someone with cancer” option, the platform asks a set of questions to determine the physical, psychological, and social... Continue Reading
Mid-week roundup: Promising Langone AI/LLM predicts hospital readmits; Huma gains FDA 510(k) Class II clearance; telepsychiatry’s challenges; layoffs/asset buys/losses from 23andMe, Cityblock, Thirty Madison, Butterfly
...screeching halt with the demonstrated abuse of online prescribing, then the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)’s uncertainty around controlled substance prescribing. This interview with the CEO of Array Behavioral Care, one of the Ur-companies in telepsychiatry (1999, originally InSight Telepsychiatry and Regroup Telehealth), points out how the DEA’s post-Public Health Emergency (PHE) policies around Schedule II and higher teleprescribing disrupted their operations. The flexibilities established during the PHE have been waivered to 11 November, though a final rule must replace the temporary extension rule and comply with the Federal Ryan-Haight Act [TTA 11 May]. Other issues addressed are dealing with... Continue Reading
Mid-week roundup: DEA extends telehealth prescribing waiver to November; telehealth usage continues to erode; NextGen EHR hacked, 1M records breached
...temporary extension rule and the Ryan-Haight Act isn’t going away. DEA release, TTA 4 May FAIR Health’s tracking of telehealth medical claims has languished in the Fives–as in 5%–since last year. February is the latest month of tracking and it declined from 5.9% in January to 5.5% in February. Again, the vast majority of claims are for mental health codes (66.7%) far ahead of diagnosis #2, acute respiratory diseases and infections, where Covid-19 once resided. However, the latter accounted for 25.6% of asynchronous (store and forward) telehealth diagnoses. A new metric on the report is audio-only telehealth, which is only... Continue Reading
Mid-week roundup: CVS-Oak Street closes, DEA extends controlled substance telehealth waiver, Bright Health selling CA MA plans, Talkspace, Teladoc turnarounds? (updated)
...boost in revenue. FierceHealthcare DEA in-person prescribing requirements on Schedule II and higher controlled substances postponed indefinitely. The proposed rule would have added back in-person requirements for telehealth prescribing of controlled substances after the official end of the Public Health Emergency and its in-person waivers on 11 May. On 25 April, the DEA filed a draft temporary rule with the Office of Management and Budget for the extension. The Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008 requires that Schedule II medications and narcotics (including Adderall and Ritalin) require an in-person prescription, while Schedule III or higher medications, including... Continue Reading
Perspectives: Implementing technology in rural communities to support access to mental and behavioral healthcare
...hire psychologists and other experts who specialize in mental and behavioral health, residents in these communities still need — and deserve — this type of care. There are efforts underway to address this issue and expand access, specifically with technology tools that can be used in rural communities to support mental and behavioral health issues. Some of these technology tools include the following: Access to Broadband: One challenge in rural areas is limited broadband internet access, which can make it difficult to access online mental health resources, telemedicine services, and other technology tools. According to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC),... Continue Reading
Week-end update: Breaking–Theranos lab director suing Hulu, Disney for defamation; ‘green shoots’ for SonderMind, Cognito, Vital, MedArrive; 3 in Asia; Telstra Australia’s new CTO
...is a maternal-fetal telehealth service including behavioral health. Release And some Asia-Pacific updates… In Vietnam, online pharmacy Medigo received $2 million in Series A funding, led by East Ventures, with participation from Pavilion Capital and Touchstone Partners. Intellect, a telemental health startup based out of Singapore, received undisclosed funding from global healthcare provider IHH Healthcare for its regional expansion. In India, EHR startup DocPlix raised Rs 5 crore ($600,000) in a pre-series A funding round led by Eris Lifesciences. Mobihealthnews In Australia, Telstra Health’s new CTO is Farhoud Salimi. He joins in April from eHealth NSW where he held the... Continue Reading
DOJ drops appeal to block UHG-Change; more hints that FTC will be hunting big game with Amazon
...largest maker of robot vacuums. An acquisition would be expected to shut out competitive manufacturers marketing on Amazon such as Samsung. Their report indicates that FTC’s staff attorneys are leaning toward suing to stop the deal. Court action is expected in the next few months or sooner. Privacy investigations involving data security from their Ring camera/security system business and the Alexa voice assistant. The Alexa investigation also involves potential violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. iRobot, Ring, and Alexa also tie into another FTC concern that Amazon is cornering the market on connected home devices. Retail operations. These... Continue Reading
News roundup: Transcarent buys 98point6’s virtual care; Best Buy-Atrium hospital-at-home; Walgreens/VillageMD buys another practice group; WW-Sequence digital weight management; UKTelehealthcare events; 300 out at Color
...another corporate trend in addition to those laid off posting about it almost immediately. It seemed to be heavy on software engineers, data scientists, support leads, and product managers. The company pivoted from genomics to public health with major Series D and E raises of $167 and $100 million respectively in 2021, totaling $482 million since start in 2014, and was valued at $4.6 billion by November 2021. It bought into behavioral health services with the acquisition of Mood Lifters, an online guided group support system, in 2022. The (happy) decline of Covid is affecting testing-dependent businesses across the board.... Continue Reading
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