Issue 056.

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Digital health research from Brian Dolan.

Welcome to E&O.

Last week I wrote up how Apple's FDA clearances helped Alivecor go more directly-to-consumer. Next week I am open to ideas -- what should E&O dig into? Here's what's happening this week:

• Happy to report I'll be the master of ceremonies for the first day of the American Telemedicine Association's annual conference (June 22-26), which will be online-only this year. The ATA gave me five (5) free passes for E&O subscribers -- $650 apiece usually -- so, the first five to reply will each get one (1). (Just give me a day or two to get back to you.)
• CMS continues to confuse me this week as Administrator Seema Verma said: "It seems like it would not be a good thing to force our beneficiaries to go back to in-person visits." But a day later Verma affirmed: "But while telehealth has proven to be a