The move advances two growing trends: Minnesota’s “big health” players investing in startups and nontraditional providers offering the perhaps the most traditional of healthcare services that has been abandoned by mainstream providers: the house call.
The experiment begins Wednesday at the VA’s operations in Palo Alto, California.
Employees who enjoy their benefits are more inclined to stay with their company. A 2025 Marsh McLennan Agency report said 73% of employees would remain if plan options were better.
The kiosks represent an extension of Franciscan Virtual Urgent Care, a Web- and telephone-based telemedicine service to treat many common emergent conditions for a flat fee of $35.
Although medical charges (i.e., what’s billed) are known to be detached from reality, I found this EOB particularly galling.
Not everyone who calls 911 with a medical concern needs an ambulance and a fully staffed fire truck to show up at their house. To become more efficient in addressing non life-threatening EMS calls, South Metro Fire Rescue Authority in the suburbs of Denver is testing out a scaled-down response team and vehicle profiled this […]
Step right up and take a look at a 5-by-8-foot device Ohio healthcare providers are hoping will keep non-urgent patients from clogging up emergency rooms and urgent care centers. University Hospitals is one of three health systems in Cleveland working with telemedicine company HealthSpot to expand the system’s reach and give patients better, cheaper access […]
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