Attention Turns to Cost Savings as Telemedicine Gains Momentum

Occupational medicine provider Concentra has had hundreds of visits with injured workers via telemedicine since launching its telemedicine program in California last year and is now expanding the service to Illinois, Michigan and New Mexico. The expansion into three new states is part of an “aggressive growth plan” in which the company will offer its telemedicine service in most states by the end of the year, Concentra said in a news release. Illinois, Michigan, and New Mexico were chosen for expansion “due to the presence of large employer communities, an abundance of Conc...