Struggling genetic testing 23andMe is looking for a buyer for the virtual care business it acquired in 2021, Business Insider has learned.

Physicians would have to register with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for telehealth prescribing of certain controlled substances under a proposed rule issued Wednesday by the agency. "DEA's goal is to provide telehealth access for needed medications while ensuring patient safety and preventing the diversion of medications into the illicit drug market,

The new notice of proposed rulemaking adheres to calls from Congress and industry for the agency to create a special telemedicine registration system. Its three-tiered approach could cost telehealth companies over $40,

At the pace of our lives these days, the mobile phone has increasingly stopped being merely the quick way to keep in touch-it acts as a doorway into primary health care. If setting a doctor’s appointment,

Instead, people on Medicare won’t get the two years of continued coverage for telehealth appointments and five years’ for acute hospital at home programs that were in the bill Congress nearly voted into law in December 2024.

The American Relief Act, 2025, signed into law on December 21, included a short-term extension of certain telehealth waivers that went into effect

Taking abortion pills at home helps reduce stigma associated with pregnancy termination, according to recent findings. “It’s intuitive to understand that people are afraid of protesters outside of abortion clinics.

Long-term care providers who prescribe controlled substances via telehealth may soon be subject to a tiered federal registration system.

Every region in the US showed increased telehealth use in October, except for the Midwest, where use dropped, according to the latest figures from FAIR Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker, released Wednesday.

Nationally, telehealth claim lines increased from 4.80% of medical claim lines in September to 4.89% in October, marking a 2% rise. Regional increases varied, with the West seeing the largest growth at 2.8%, while the Midwest experienced a 3.7% decrease.

The Department of Health and Human Services Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center Jan. 8 released guidance on cybersecurity for telehealth applications. The guide highlights the challenges of securing telehealth platforms due to vulnerabilities that can expose them to a range of cyberattacks,

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the widespread adoption of telemental health care, and new research indicates significant racial and ethnic disparities in access to this technology among Medicaid beneficiaries with schizophrenia.