AmeriChoice and Meharry partner for telehealth

By Erin Lawley Posted on October 27, 2009 at 7:51 am

Members of AmeriChoice by UnitedHealthcare of Tennessee who live in rural or underserved areas will have access to the physicians of Meharry Medical Group via a telehealth network announced Monday. The agreement with Meharry Medical College is an expansion of AmeriChoice’s telehealth program with Community Health Network.

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America Service looks beyond the cell block

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on April 29, 2009 at 9:52 am

The Brentwood-based company, which rang up $500 million in prison health care revenue last year, is mulling the expansion of its telemedicine services into other ‘underserved’ (think rural) markets. The company’s shares (Ticker: ASGR) are up almost 150 percent in the past year.

Word of the initiative first came out on Monday, when telecom equipment provider Polycom said America Service’s Clinical e-Health Solutions unit bought some more of its stuff.

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