Annie’s Room — A Maternal Fetal Telemedicine Room — Unveiled At Christus Medical Plaza
Hopkins County Health Care Foundation and CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs hosted a special unveiling ceremony and blessing for Annie’s Room, a maternal fetal telemedicine room at CHRISTUS Medical Plaza in Sulphur Springs, Tuesday evening. Sign unveiled outside Annie’s Room, at Medical Plaza in Sulphur Springs, a maternal fetal telemedicine room, to allow moms-to-be with high risk pregnancies or pregnancies...
SSISD To Offer Telemedicine Services For Students
Sulphur Springs Independent School District will soon be offering telemedicine services for students. District trustees this week gave approval to the proposal to utilize Hazel Health telemedicine services at no cost to the district and, at least initially, no out-of- pocket cost to students. SSISD logo SSISD Assistant Superintendent Kristin Monk explained that Hazel Health is currently working with funding sources to cover copays and...
SSISD To Hold Public Hearings Feb. 8 Regarding Use Of Telemedicine Services, 2019-2020 Texas Academic Performance Report
Sulphur Springs Independent School District will hold two public hearings Feb. 8 during the public forum portion of regular school board meeting. SSISD logo A public hearing on the 2019-2020 Texas Academic Performance Report is slated to be conducted by Jason Evans, who oversees SSISD State & Federal Programs, during the 6 p.m. meeting. The TAPR is essentially the school district report card and is always one year behind as Texas...
Devanshi Gupta Welcomed As New Neurologist At Sulphur Springs Outpatient Telemedicine Clinic
Business News By Holly Ragan, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs, [email protected] Sulphur Springs, Texas, Sept. 8 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Health Ministry of Jesus Christ. Hospital Visitation For the safety and health of the community and our ministry, CHRISTUS Health is screening all associates and visitors to our...
Insurers Required To Cover Telemedicine Services At Same Rate As In-Person Visits Through September
The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) is extending a requirement that insurers cover telemedicine services, including mental health visits, at the same rate as in-person visits. An emergency rule in place since March helps doctors across Texas treat their patients and limit the spread of COVID-19, according to a TDI release. “This extension will help protect patients and our state’s health-care professionals while maintaining access...
Access Physicals To Provide Telemedicine System, Services At County Jail
Hopkins County Commissioners Court approved three health-related items Monday: health insurance, an incentive program and telemedicine service for the county jail. Employee insurance, incentive program County employees who use the insurance made available through work shouldn’t expect any surprises this year in the rates offered. The plan is “the same thing that we already have right now, which is the same co-pay, same...
Medical Insurance, Jail Telemedicine Agreement, Bridge Replacement Program Top Commissioners’ Agenda
Hopkins County Commissioners Court Hopkins County Commissioners Court will be asked to consider approving two items related to medical coverage and care as well as a bridge replacement program during a special court session Monday, July 29. Proposed is renewal medical l insurance rates for county employees as well as a telemedicine system and services agreement for the county jail. The Commissioners Court and other county officials...
Hospital District Board Approves Telemedicine Plan, Local Pharmacy For County Jail
Hopkins County Hospital District this week agreed to move forward with telemedicine and pharmacy services for Hopkins County jail. Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum, Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom and Hopkins County Commissioner Court, and other emergency response officials in as a county delegation asked the hospital district board to consider utilizing a telemedicine provider for the jail as a cost, efficiency and safety...
New Telemedicine Specialties Available at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs
Holly Ragan, who is Senior Market Development Director at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital, announces three new specialties now available through Telemedicine visits at the Sulphur Springs hospital. Persons who are under care for Pulmonology, Neurology and Psychiatry can receive a continuum of care and no longer have to travel out of town for follow-up care. Through Telemedicine visits, these patients can be “seen” by...
