HIPAA
Think HIPAA Doesn’t Apply to You? Think Again…
A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing, and this is definitely true when it comes to HIPAA. At Spruce, we sometimes hear from healthcare providers who think ...
Announcements
The Spruce Dermatology Clinic Is Closing, but Spruce Care Messenger Is Open
For four years, the Spruce Dermatology Clinic has been making affordable, high-quality teledermatologic care accessible to millions of people. Toda...
Practice Profiles
Practice Profile: Annie Frisbie IBCLC, Lactation Consultant
In this installment of our Practice Profiles series, we’re highlighting Annie Frisbie, an international board-certified lactation consultant (IBCLC) who use...
Benefits
Health Benefits Are Confusing and Employees Want Help Navigating Them
American businesses are spending more than $600 billion every year on healthcare, and this sum is increasing by about 5% annually.1 Much of this money goes direc...
Thoughts
Artificial Intelligence and Why the Internet Always Says You Have Cancer
It’s become a running joke that online symptom checkers will always make a somber consideration of your health issues and then eventually tel...
Announcements
Spruce Achieves HITRUST Certification
Great news! We’ve been hard at work at Spruce over the past year having our core Care Messenger platform and its underlying infrastructure audited and asses...
Stats
What Drives the Cost of Healthcare for the Working-Age Population?
U.S. employers directly foot the bill for 20% of the 3.2 trillion dollars that our country spends each year on healthcare, and 85% of this money goes straight to ...
Announcements
Spruce Completes SOC 2 Type I Audit 🌟
We are thrilled to share some excellent news today: Spruce has completed a System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Type I audit examination of our Care Messenger...
Practice Improvement
Seven Ways to Provide and Bill for Chronic Care Management on Spruce
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) estimates that over two-thirds of Medicare beneficiaries have at least two chronic medical conditions, such...