SpartanNash Co. has jumped into the rapidly growing telemedicine arena with a new service that emphasizes affordability. SpartanNash partnered with the Land O’ Lakes, Fla.-based Bonum Health LLC on a telemedicine service that charges a $29 fee for a single virtual doctor visit for minor ailments, or a monthly subscription that provides five visits a month for one adult and dependents for $11. SpartanNash believes those prices give the telemedicine service an edge over virtual care offerings by health systems and medical practices, said SpartanNash Director of Pharmacy Eddie Garcia.
As much of the country prepares to return to some form of post-pandemic normalcy, reproductive health care providers and advocates hope we continue one vital pandemic tradition: telemedicine options for receiving and providing reproductive care from home.
Are we all Zoomed out? Do doctors miss patients’ wit and wisdom? Is a trip to the hospital the new fun field trip? Absolutely not! It was simply inevitable that after the incredible rise of virtual visits in 2020, that some virtual visits would revert back to in-person visits once a large percentage of the population got vaccinated.
Telehealth blossomed during the pandemic after lawmakers temporarily removed regulations on seeing your doctor via computer or phone. Now, federal lawmakers want to keep it that way. Multiple bipartisan bills in Congress are aimed at helping Americans maintain access to telehealth. In rural places round the Mountain West, it’s come in handy. Even if people don’t have high-speed internet, they can call doctors over the phone.
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With the pandemic came the realization that many regulatory hurdles were unnecessary impediments to health and commerce, particularly rules against telemedicine. The public health ramifications of patients avoiding doctors' offices for fear of the coronavirus were significant.