Telehealth

This week's top stories include the CMS ups penalties for hospitals ignoring the price transparency rule, the ATA and other groups ask Congress to safeguard telehealth for workers, and senior assistance company Papa raises $150 million in Series D funding.

In this episode of the Virtual Care Paradigm, Dr. Adrienne Boissy, chief experience officer at Cleveland Clinic, discusses how gaining trust and loyalty starts with knowing the patient, and technology's role in doing so.

According to reporting by TechCrunch, employee morale is low as the company struggles to expand successfully beyond its men’s health products.

Also, UNO Technologies launches a mobile app for COVID-19 teleconsultations.

The company said the Series D brings its total raise to $256 million.

In this episode of the Virtual Care Paradigm, Kiio CEO Lydia Zeller shares how virtual is being used to advance the physical therapy/musculoskeletal space.

It has set up a new entity offering preventive healthcare solutions.

The company plans to use the funding to expand into new regions. It aims to operate nationwide by 2023.

The deal is expected to close by the end of 2021.

Also, a Māori public health organisation develops a new tool to bring timely COVID-19-related information to Māori people.