The Doctor's In-Box

In efforts to provide access to care to those living in remote and rural areas, health care providers are employing the use of telehealth technologies to meet the needs of these underserved populations.

However, according to the article, “As of last year, however, less than 5% of doctors communicating online with their patients were being paid to do so. That's slowly starting to change as big insurers, such as Cigna, Aetna, a number of Blue Shield plans, Wellpoint and Humana, have begun to reimburse doctors for online clinical consultations.”

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