Ask the expert: What’s the latest news about online consults?
Credentialing Resource Center Connection, December 4, 2008
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If your medical staff is considering adding virtual check-ups to its list of privileges, it’s important to stay up to date about this growing trend. American Well is one of the latest companies to offer online consultant software programs, according to a November 19 New York Times article. Roy Schoenberg, the start-up’s co-founder and chief executive, told the newspaper that online consults are especially popular with retired practitioners who want a flexible schedule as well as active practitioners who want to see patients on the weekends. “That flexibility is why we’re getting such a favorable response from physicians,” he said.
Click here to read the entire article about American Well’s online program.
Click here to read a previous Credentialing and Privileging Advisor article about insurance reimbursements for online consults.
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