Lifecycle Health has seen interest for its telehealth offering surge well over 10x in the past 2 weeks due to the corona virus pandemic. In the view of the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing is being used as a preventive measure. Demand for telehealth has skyrocketed since it is safer to get access to healthcare in the confines of your home without getting exposed to coronavirus.
President Trump expands telehealth benefits for Medicare beneficiaries to combat Coronavirus
The Trump Administration is encouraging use of telehealth facilities to help patients and providers to combat the sudden outbreak of Coronavirus. It has announced expanded Medicare telehealth coverage to enable beneficiaries to get a wider range of healthcare services from their doctors without travelling to a healthcare facility. Starting from March 6, 2020, Medicare - administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - will temporarily pay clinicians to extend telehealth services to beneficiaries living across the entire nation.