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Telehealth
End of internet subsidies for low-income households threatens access to telehealth
Apr 2, 2024
A federal program that helped pay for more than 23 million low-income households’ internet access runs out of money soon.
At this rural hospital, staffing shortages and telehealth visits have become standard
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Sean McHenry
May 10, 2023
The pandemic changed tech and personnel matters, says surgeon Eric Henderson. But the empathy required and the lovely setting remain the same.
Remote mental health treatment boomed during the pandemic. It's still going strong.
May 9, 2023
Thanks to pandemic-era changes, many insurers and providers now support expanded telemental health services.
Copays no longer waived for some telehealth visits
Oct 1, 2020
The cost may push people in need of exams back to the doctor's office detering others from seeking medical help, health experts say.
Will telehealth continue after the pandemic passes?
by
Madelyn Beck
Jul 30, 2020
Medical appointments via phone and video have boomed for everything from physical therapy to counseling, even in rural states.
Businesses adapt to the pandemic by moving online
by
Alli Fam
Apr 23, 2020
We hear from a pair of children's entertainers and a doctor.
Will insurance companies cover mental health services' switch to telehealth?
by
Alisa Roth
Apr 10, 2020
Therapists and psychiatrists are just starting to submit their March bills.
For public good, not for profit.
Exclusivity in the changing medical landscape
by
Eliza Mills
May 21, 2015
In the time of the ACA, telehealth and concierge doctors, is medicine becoming more exclusive or more accessible?