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Blue Cross Blue Shield Association backs digital musculoskeletal care startup
Blue Venture Fund, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association's venture capital arm, is investing millions in digital musculoskeletal care startup Limber Health. -
Aetna adding mental telehealth provider Cyti Psychological in California, Oregon
Mental telehealth provider Cyti Psychological is now in-network for Aetna members in California and Oregon, the provider said Oct. 12. -
Kaiser Permanente, Ginger partner to offer mental telehealth to members
Kaiser Permanente and mental healthcare provider Ginger are partnering to offer emotional telehealth support services to members. -
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota adding virtual culturally-sensitive care option
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota will provide 200 memberships to virtual culturally-sensitive care provider Health in Her Hue, the insurer said Sept. 30. -
Payers with the best telehealth services in 2022, per J.D. Power
Among the major payers, customers are most satisfied with the telehealth offerings from Humana and Aetna, according to the "J.D. Power 2022 U.S. Telehealth Satisfaction Study." -
Optum, Aetna, Cigna back youth behavioral health provider Hopscotch
Digital youth mental health provider Hopscotch has raised $8 million in seed funding and gained the backing of major payers, including Aetna, Cigna and Optum, the Daily News reported Sept. 13. -
10 recent payer moves in virtual care
From several provider network expansions around behavioral telehealth to digital maternal health platforms, these are 10 recent payer moves to expand virtual care services. -
Molina New Mexico, Pyx Health partner to provide isolation support services to Medicare members
Molina Healthcare of New Mexico is partnering with Tucson, Ariz.-based Pyx Health to offer behavioral health services centered around isolation support for Medicare members. -
Empire BCBS adds 4 virtual behavioral health providers
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield is adding four behavioral health providers to its network in response to a growing need for services in New York. -
Bicycle Health joins Evernorth's network to offer virtual opioid use treatment services
Cigna's health services business Evernorth is partnering with Bicycle Health to offer virtual opioid use disorder treatments. -
HHS extends risk adjustment for COVID-19 telehealth services
HHS said April 29 that it is extending telehealth and telephone-only services in its risk-adjustment program for benefit year 2022 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. -
$1.5 trillion congressional omnibus bill extends telehealth coverage
Congress passed a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill March 10 that allows employers to continue offering telehealth coverage to employees with health savings accounts before they meet an annual deductible, according to Bloomberg Law. -
Blue Cross NC to extend telehealth reimbursement policy
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is extending its expanded telehealth reimbursement policy through Sept. 30, the health plan said March 10. -
Telehealth will enhance, not replace traditional employer plans, Cigna study says
The future of telehealth isn't that it will replace traditional employer plans, but rather pivot them to a hybrid model that emphasizes affordability and accessibility, according to a March report from Cigna subsidiary Evernorth. -
Anthem brings virtual primary care to members in 11 states
Anthem affiliates in 11 states are providing commercial members with access to virtual primary care with no or little additional costs, according to a Feb. 8 news release shared with Becker's. -
Does virtual care save money? Cigna study says yes, up to $141 per visit
Virtual care isn't just seeing an increase in patient volume amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but also an increase in patient savings, according to a Cigna analysis shared with Becker's. -
Hospital CEO: Virtual plans can accentuate the worst in healthcare
While virtual healthcare plans continue to rise in popularity for offering immediate access to care at lower costs, they also have the potential to bring out the worst attributes in healthcare, Stamford (Conn.) Health CEO Kathleen Silard, BSN, RN, wrote in a Dec. 16 op-ed. -
Anthem joint venture launches virtual primary care nationwide
New York-based Hydrogen Health, a joint venture between Anthem, investment firm Blackstone and digital primary care company K Health, is launching its virtual primary care offerings nationwide, the provider announced Dec. 9. -
Will virtual-1st plans stick? Insight from 2 early adopters
Telehealth's boom amid the COVID-19 pandemic has served as a stepping stone for "virtual-first" health plans, a model that promotes telehealth as the first touchpoint in the care delivery process.
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