Practice Management
Urgent care operators who have been waiting for the elusive “right time” to start offering telemedicine might want to keep an eye out for hospital closures in their area—especially if those hospitals have been providing care where there aren’t many other options. A new study by the Texas A & M Rural and Community Health highlights telemedicine as a viable, and valuable, alternative for care when hospitals shutter their doors. The researchers even went so …
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A new study from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that the dwindling number of insurers participating in public exchanges set up under the Affordable Care Act (ACA, also known as Obamacare) is much harder on people in rural communities than on city dwellers. Larger urban areas are more likely to have at least two insurers to choose from, giving those payers an incentive to offer lower rates. However, insurers often have a monopoly by default …
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