Healthcare DIVE January 14, 2021
Dive Brief:
- Telehealth vendor Doctor on Demand is partnering with Texas-based Community Health Choice to launch an HMO plan on the state’s Affordable Care Act exchange that focuses on virtual primary care.
- The plan targets patients who don’t qualify for Medicaid or Medicare coverage in Texas, one of 12 states that has not yet expanded Medicaid under the ACA.
- Patients on the plan will have a primary care physician and access to video visits for preventive care, urgent care and behavioral health. They’ll be referred to in-network providers, specialists, facilities and programs within Community Health Choice.
Dive Insight:
Several months after telehealth use skyrocketed due to constraints of the COVID-19 pandemic, patients are still turning to virtual...
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