![]() ![]() The American Hospital Association recently released a roadmap to save rural hospitals that calls for wider access to telehealth coupled with strategies to ease the cost and compliance burdens associated with health IT. The momentum is not just among independent vendors. ![]() A recent study in JAMA found annual telehealth visits among commercially insured consumers rose 52% year over year from 2005 to 2014 and 261% from 2015 to 2017. The move comes as consumer demand for convenient, lower-cost medical care and efforts to expand access to care to remote and underserved areas are driving growth in virtual care services. Scott Shreeve, CEO and founder of Crossover Health, said the deal furthers the company's goal to "design and deliver technology-enabled primary care throughout the country." The deal, terms of which were not disclosed, allows Crossover Health's care teams to provide services via a range of delivery options including onsite, near-site and virtual care integrated with other employer benefits and digital health programs. Crossover Health snags online-only primary care platform Sherpaa HealthĬrossover Health, which provides health services to self-insured employers and runs Apple's onsite clinic, has acquired Sherpaa Health, a virtual primary care provider with employer and retail members across the U.S. ![]()
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