Amazon strikes first telehealth service deal

Amazon.com Inc. has struck its first telehealth service deal and will offer it to about half of fitness equipment maker Precor Inc.’s 800 employees, MedCity News reported citing Insider. According to the report, Amazon is not charging the usual per-member per-month fee charged by most telehealth firms, but instead charging on the basis of how many of the company’s employees are actually using the service. For companies with lots of covered employees, this could be a more appealing payment model in the long run.

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