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33 CIO / HEALTH IT Sam's Club launches $1 telehealth visits for members: 7 details By Laura Dyrda S am's Club partnered with primary care telehealth provider 98point6 to offer members virtual visits. Seven details: 1. Sam's Club offers members access to telehealth visits through a text-based app run by 98point6. 2. Members can purchase a $20 quarter- ly subscription for the first three months; the regular sign-up fee is $30 per per- son. After the first three months, mem- bers pay $33.50 every three months. 3. The subscription gives members un- limited telehealth visits for $1 per visit. The service has board-certified physi- cians available 24 hours per day, seven days a week. 4. Members can also subscribe for pediatric care. 5. Physicians can diagnose and treat 400 conditions including cold and flu-like symptoms as well as allergies. They can also monitor chronic conditions includ- ing diabetes, depression and anxiety. 6. Members can use the app to obtain prescriptions and lab orders as well. 7. Sam's Club has around 600 stores in the U.S. and Puerto Rico and millions of members. "Offering access to telemedicine was on our roadmap in the pre-COVID world, but the current environment expedit- ed the need for this service to be easily accessible, readily available and most of all, affordable," said John McDowell, vice president of pharmacy operations and divisional merchandise at Sam's Club. "Through providing access to the 98point6 app in a pilot, we quickly re- alized that our members were eager to have mobile telehealth options and we wanted to provide this healthcare solu- tion to all of our members as a stand- alone option." n 4 C-level Livongo execs depart amid merger with Teladoc By Katie Adams T eladoc CEO Jason Gorevic filed a letter Oct. 15 with the Securities and Exchange Commission detailing that four of Livongo's C-suite execu- tives will leave when the companies' merger is finalized. Telehealth company Teladoc on Aug. 5 announced its merger with Livongo, a consumer health company that provides digital health services to patients with chronic conditions and behavioral health needs. The $18.5 billion deal closed Oct. 30. The letter said that Livongo CEO Zane Burke and President Jennifer Schnei- der, MD, will leave the company, as well as its CFO, Lee Shapiro, and senior vice president of business development, Steve Schwartz. Livongo Executive Chair Glen Tullman will keep his seat on the combined company's board of directors. n CMS adds 11 new telehealth services to Medicare coverage By Jackie Drees C MS on Oct. 14 added 11 new services to the list of telehealth services that Medicare will reimburse during the COVID-19 public health emergency. e Trump administration announced March 17 that CMS will temporarily pay cli- nicians to provide telehealth services for beneficiaries during the pandemic. As of Oct. 14, CMS has added more than 135 services to the Medicare telehealth services list, including emergency department visits and initial inpatient visits. Medicare will begin paying eligible practitioners who provide these added telehealth ser- vices through the duration of the public health emergency. Here are the 11 additional services and their respective codes: 1. 93797: Cardiac rehab 2. 93798: Cardiac rehab/monitor 3. 93750: In-person ventricular assist device interrogation 4. 95970: Electronic analysis of implanted neurostimulator pulse without programming 5. 95971: Electronic analysis of implanted neurostimulator pulse generator/transmitter with programming 6. 95972: Electronic analysis of implanted neurostimulator pulse generator/transmitter 7. 95983: Electronic analysis of implanted neurostimulator pulse generator/transmitter, by physician or other qualified healthcare professional; with brain neurostimulator pulse generator/transmitter programming; first 15 minutes face-to-face with physician or other qualified healthcare professional 8. 95984: Electronic analysis of implanted neurostimulator pulse generator/transmitter, by physician or other qualified healthcare professional; with brain neurostimulator pulse generator/transmitter programming; each additional 15 minutes face-to-face with physi- cian or other qualified healthcare professional 9. G0422: Intensive cardiac rehab with exercise 10. G0423: Intensive cardiac rehab, no exercise 11. G0424: Pulmonary rehab with exercise n