Telehealth’s role in specialty care

Digital health titans Teladoc Health and Livongo are merging under the Teladoc name, CMS proposes telehealth changes under Trump's executive order, and the Taskforce on Telehealth Policy holds a town hall to solicit public input.

Dr. Ateev Mehrotra, associate professor at Harvard Medical School, says the convenience of telehealth will increase utilization, which will result in increased spending -- but that obvious finding has generated some controversy.

Telehealth falls short, but it doesn't have to, claims Amy Sheon of the Telehealth Equity Coalition .