AHIP: New AHIP Resource: The Role of Telehealth in Expanding Mental Health Support AHIP released an infographic that highlights how health insurance providers are breaking down the barriers to telehealth, leading to lower patient costs, improved convenience and access to care, more choices of doctors and clinicians, and improved quality of care. Takeaways from [...]
Center for Connected Health Policy: State Telehealth Laws and Reimbursement Policies Report, Fall 2022 The Center for Connected Health Policy released their Fall 2022 Summary Report, which highlights certain aspects of telehealth policies. The report found that audio-only telehealth more than doubled since Spring 2021. For licensure, more states than ever before have [...]
Fall 2022 The Alliance for Connected Care commissioned an independent Medicare claims data analysis to better understand telehealth utilization and the potential financial impact of long-term telehealth expansion on the Medicare program. As expected, the findings of this analysis align with the individual experiences and data collected by Alliance for Connected Care members. [...]
JAMA Network Open: Association of Adequacy of Broadband Internet Service With Access to Primary Care in the Veterans Health Administration Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic This study published in JAMA Network Open found veterans living in areas with poor broadband speed were less likely to use video telehealth after the onset of the COVID-19 [...]
This update includes: GAO’s Privacy Recommendation Introduction of the Healthy Moms and Babies Act Rep. Delbene (D-WA) Secures Funding for Telehealth and eHealth Record Program CDC Telemedicine Use Among Adults Data Brief Biden-Harris Administration Invests $110 Million to Improve Health Care for Rural People, Including Telehealth and notable research and news developments [...]
American College of Surgeons: Telemedicine Reduces Odds of No-Show Clinic Visits By More Than Two-Thirds for Surgical Patients An American College of Surgeons (ACS) study found that telemedicine was effective at reducing no-show visits. No-show rate was highest among in-person appointments (11.7 percent) compared to telemedicine visits (2.5 percent). Research findings were presented [...]
JAMA Network Open: Use of and Retention on Video, Telephone, and In-Person Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder During the COVID-19 Pandemic A study published in JAMA Network Open found that patients who were younger, male, Black, unknown race, Hispanic, non–service connected, or who had certain comorbidities were significantly less likely to receive telehealth. [...]
Bipartisan Policy Center: The Future of Telehealth After COVID-19 The Bipartisan Policy Center released a report and a Medicare data analysis to inform policy decisions for telehealth. The report provides an overview of telehealth flexibilities during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as recommendations that address immediate policy questions of whether certain flexibilities should remain permanently available [...]
This update includes: Care delivered across state lines article GAO report and location telehealth data GAO report and substitution effect of telehealth Senators' letter on telehealth flexibilities CBO report on competition and telehealth and notable research and news developments
GLAAD: A Retrospective Report on the Impacts of COVID & HIV in the United States A report released by the LGBTQ media advocacy group GLAAD, analyzed peer-reviewed scientific literature along with 26 interviews with both people living with HIV and staff at community-based organizations. The report found that the COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted [...]