On paper, Medicare Advantage enables all the tools payers need to provide the plan of choice in rural communities. This potential, however, has generally not translated to real-world success for Medicare Advantage plans.
Despite consistent enrollment growth in metropolitan areas, rural markets remain relatively untapped. Data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) show market...
Health tech startup MediBuddy has acquired Clinix, a telehealth platform focused on providing online health services in rural India, for an undisclosed sum.
Founded in 2020, Clinix has an Android mobile app for booking online doctor consultations. Its network covers 20 tier 3 and 4 cities where it has also set up kiosks that assist patients in accessing online consultations.
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Accessing and delivering healthcare in rural areas is a challenge in the U.S. Rural Americans face health disparities compared with their urban counterparts, and must travel further to get to a hospital. Meanwhile, hundreds of rural hospitals are at risk of closure, and nineteen shut their doors in 2020 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Earlier this year, CEO Dr. Jennifer Schneider,...
Rural health startup Homeward is partnering with Rite Aid to connect seniors with clinical services like wellness visits and screenings.
The collaboration will allow Rite Aid pharmacists to send Medicare-eligible customers to Homeward for care. Additionally, Homeward's mobile care units will be available at some Rite Aid locations in rural Michigan, with the goal of expanding into additional...
Providing video-enabled tablets to rural veterans decreased emergency department visits and suicide behaviors, and increased both in-person and virtual mental health visits, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
"These findings suggest that video-enabled tablets may provide access to critical services for rural patients with mental health needs and reduce instances of suicide...
Providing healthcare for rural Americans is ripe for innovation. Compared with their urban counterparts, rural Americans have worse health outcomes: According to the CDC, they're more likely to die from heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, COPD and stroke.
Meanwhile, they face longer travel times and less access to providers. More than 180 rural hospitals in the U.S. have closed since...
Rural hybrid care provider Homeward launched Monday with a $20 million investment from General Catalyst.
The startup, led by vets from chronic care management company Livongo, aims to improve access to primary and specialty care in rural communities, initially focused on heart health.
Homeward will utilize both virtual and in-person care. Its telehealth and remote monitoring services will rely on...
Zoom has released a beta version of an iOS mobile browser client for telehealth, allowing patients to access appointments without downloading an app.
The simplified setting lets providers send a link to patients through text or email. Though the providers’ experience will be the same, allowing for host controls and virtual backgrounds, patients will simply need to click a link to join the meeting...
Delivering care to underdeveloped regions is vital work, but by no means is it easy. While it's easy to point to new care-delivery technologies like telemedicine as types of magic bullets, deployments both small and large require extensive groundwork and preparation to tackle unexpected difficulties.
"Telemedicine is known for bringing care to the underserved, but many underserved patients live...
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators recently wrote to the leaders of both lawmaking chambers advocating that greater broadband funding for healthcare providers be included in upcoming coronavirus relief packages.
The letter, dated May 8, specifically calls for $2 billion to be added to the existing Rural Health Care (RHC) Program to offset telehealth demand driven by the health emergency. It is...
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