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MD Health Pathways pitches TAP telehealth to Cary, proposes utility-bill funding
Summary
A representative from MD Health Pathways presented TAP telehealth to the Village of Cary Committee of the Whole on July 15, outlining a plan to fund text-and‑video access to U.S.-licensed clinicians through a utility-bill line item and answering trustees' questions about cost, opt-out and service scope.
Brian Davis, a presenter with MD Health Pathways, told the Village of Cary Committee of the Whole on July 15 that his company’s TAP telehealth product would let residents “text a doctor, have a FaceTime interaction with a doctor from 7AM to 10PM, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.”
Davis said the company proposes funding the service through a monthly line item on the village utility bill. “This is gonna sound like a wonderful program, and you're gonna say, what's the catch? The catch is that you have to pay for it,” he told trustees, adding that MD Health Pathways typically charges $9 per household per month but offers a $6 promotional rate for some participating municipalities.
The presentation described the service as U.S.-based clinicians licensed to prescribe in the patient’s state, a 10-digit text number for members, and a backend that retains prescription…
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