digital health payors

By  Aditi Pai 09:50 am December 22, 2014
LifeWise Health Plan of Oregon announced plans to cover video visits to its members starting in the new year. While the plan will pay for video visits between patients and their providers, LifeWise also partnered with video visits company Teladoc to make its video visits service available to members. Portland, Oregon-based LifeWise along with its partners Premera Blue Cross, Premera Blue Cross...
By  Brian Dolan 11:52 am August 22, 2014
The second quarter of the year is oftentimes a slow one as the summer months approach, but Q2 2014 was surprisingly busy for digital health on all fronts. Investment dollars are up. FDA clearances averaged two per month and a surprising FDA deregulation proposal dropped during the quarter, too. M&A was even stronger than it was in Q1, which was already a record quarter for such deals....