Medication Assisted Treatment – MAT will soon be available through telemedicine. While death rates from opioid overdoses, climb. This new method of treatment can help decrease the complication and death rate.
Category Archives: Medical Services
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Sep
Sep
Patients, providers, and insurers recognize that our goal of improving access to quality, affordable, connected care is a worthy one. Today we officially received recognition of the value of that goal by being selected as a 2018 Prime Health Challenge Finalist. This “Shark Tank” style event allows startup digital health companies that are paving a path […]
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Mar
Mar
As part of our ongoing effort to improve access to high-quality healthcare that is both convenient and affordable, we are happy to announce that we are now seeing Colorado Access Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) patients. Recently Congress has renewed federal funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, also known as CHIP, for the next […]
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Jan
Jan
Seeking out the prescribing power of an online medical provider to refill a prescription does not make up a large portion of telemedicine visits, but it is also not a rare occurrence. According to the Centers for Disease Control, about 50% of us are on at least one prescribed medication, 23% take three or more, […]
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Sep
Sep
Today, it was great to sit down and talk with Dede de Percin, the Executive Director, of the Mile High Health Alliance and their Program Director, Danni Lederman. The Mile High Health Alliance is doing some amazing work helping assure the health and well-being of the people of Denver through collaboration with the various organizations […]
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Jun
Jun
Colorado had about 1.3 million residents enrolled in Medicaid at the end of 2016. Medicaid in Colorado covers about 1 in 7 adults younger than 65 years old, 2 in 5 children, 3 in 5 nursing home resident, and 2 in 5 of people with disabilities. Additionally, Colorado has about 25% of its population living […]
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Jun
Jun
Everything has it’s pros and cons, right? Urgent Care video visits (telemedicine) is no different. Take a look at this list to help you understand where you may benefit and where problems may arise. Pros of Urgent Care Video Visits (Telemedicine) Cost – If you have not gone to the emergency room ever in your […]
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May
May
Our murky knowledge of healthcare costs Healthcare costs are outrageous and opaque. Healthcare does not follow the patterns of your standard consumer product. There are so many layers and so many veils covering up the true cost of care that I would bet most of the time, not even those providing the care know how much […]
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May
May
Colorado is a telehealth friendly state. On January 1, 2017 a Colorado Telehealth law went into effect that requires health insurance carriers to cover health care services delivered to their members via telemedicine technologies on par with that same level of care delivered by an in-person visit. A revision of that law was signed by Governor […]