GoodRx Health: The State of Telehealth, According to Healthcare Providers and Patients GoodRx Research surveyed over 1,000 patients and over 600 providers during August and September 2021 about their telehealth experiences. In the survey, both providers and consumers said that they valued telehealth and planned to use it in the future. Key takeaways: Consumers enjoy [...]
JAMA Health Forum: Trends in Outpatient Care and Use of Telemedicine After Hospital Discharge in a Large Commercially Insured Population A recently published study finds that the number of outpatient visits after hospital discharges remained stable during the COVID-19 pandemic but telehealth use for these visits increased, suggesting that telehealth was a substitute for in-person care rather [...]
Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine: Telephone vs. Video Visits During COVID-19: Safety-Net Provider Perspectives Telehealth increased access to care for New York State residents, with most patients attending audio-only visits compared to video visits. Researchers looked at 36 community health centers in the state and the visits that occurred between February and November 2020. [...]
Home Blood Pressure Telemonitoring With Remote Hypertension Management in a Rural and Low-Income Population The 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association blood pressure (BP) guideline provides a Class IA recommendation for the use of home BP monitoring, team-based care, and telehealth strategies to improve BP control among patients with hypertension.1 However, most studies have been [...]
Progressive Policy Institute and Americans for Prosperity: Telehealth Saves Money And Lives: Lessons From The Covid-19 Pandemic Using aggregated, de-identified data from FAIR Health, the organizations’ study found that while telehealth patients’ costs started higher than in-person patients’ costs, the average telehealth patients’ health care costs fell 61%, from $1,099 per month to $425 per [...]
National Association of Community Health Centers: Health Centers Benefit from Pandemic-Era Medicaid Flexibilities As part of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act passed last March, states began receiving a 6.2% bump to the federal Medicaid match rate. In exchange for the higher federal funding, states are not allowed to disenroll any beneficiaries from Medicaid during [...]
Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF): 2021 Employer Health Benefits Survey The Kaiser Family Foundation released the 2021 Employer Health Benefits Survey, finding that premiums on employer-sponsored plans rose 4% this year and found significant changes in the provision of telehealth and mental health services by employers. Among firms with at least 50 workers that offer health benefits, [...]
Morning Consult: On-Demand Telehealth Is Booming Even as a Fierce Competitor Remains: the Doctor’s Office A new Morning Consult polling indicates that for now, most adults who use telehealth are sticking with virtual care from their doctors over on-demand services. “People are using their own doctors, and there aren’t these fly-by-night operations setting up to [...]
The Alliance for Connected Care submitted a letter to the Senate Finance Committee providing input into the development of bipartisan legislation to enhance behavioral health and substance use disorder care for all Americans. Our letter includes recommendations to answer the following questions: What policies would encourage greater behavioral health care provider participation in these federal [...]