Among recent payors to launch the programs catering to remote care are Highmark, which launched a virtual physician visit pilot program allowing members to contact a Teladoc physician about minor illnesses; Humana, which has provided with interactive remote monitoring devices to its Medicare members with congestive heart failure; and UnitedHealthcare, which this week donated $700,000 toward research to help expand telemedicine training and support for rural and underserved clinics and hospitals in California.
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