JAMA Health Forum: Audio-Only Telehealth Use Among Traditional Medicare Beneficiaries Medicare expanded telehealth coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic, including for audio-only visits. In this cross-sectional study, telehealth visits as a proportion of all E&M visits and audio-only visits as a proportion of all telehealth visits decreased from 2020 to 2022. Nevertheless, audio-only visits represented [...]
Over 380 clinicians and practitioners signed a letter, requesting the DEA to issue a revised proposed rule to regulate the prescribing of controlled substances through telehealth as soon as possible to ensure adequate time for patients to continue existing care. To read a full copy of the stakeholder letter, please click here. [...]
Data & Society: Therapeutic Labor, Teletherapy, and the Platformization of Mental Health Care More people than ever are accessing psychotherapy and counseling remotely in the United States, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. Teletherapy has allowed clients and therapists to connect across physical distance, often to the benefit of those seeking mental health support. This [...]
On behalf of the Alliance for Connected Care and the many patients and clinicians we represent, I am writing to share our appreciation for your leadership in advancing important telehealth access – building on the dynamic hearing this spring on care in the home. Most notably, we have supported the Committee’s actions to avert the [...]
Foley & Lardner LLP: 2024 50-State Telehealth Survey Foley & Lardner LLP released the third edition of its 50-State Survey of Telehealth Insurance Laws, which provides a detailed report on each state’s telehealth commercial insurance coverage and payment/reimbursement laws and compares these laws before and after the Public Health Emergency (PHE). Notable changes from [...]
HealthAffairs: Remote Physiologic Monitoring Use Among Medicaid Population Increased, 2019–21 Remote physiologic monitoring use increased more than 1,300 percent from 2019 to 2021, and use varied by state. Remote physiologic monitoring facilitates the use of technologies, including wearable devices and mobile applications, to transmit health data such as heart rate, blood pressure, and blood oxygen levels [...]
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Behavioral Health Among Older Adults SAMHSA released an infographic report highlighting substance use and mental health indicators among older adults aged 60 or older in the United States. Notably, the report includes telehealth in SAMHSA’s definitions of substance use treatment and mental health treatment. [...]
Harvard Medical School: What Are the Most Popular Video-Based Medical Visits? Researchers analyzed more than 277 million visits within the Veterans Affairs Health Care System from January 2019 to August 2023. Scientists found that video-based visits remain close to the peak pandemic level of about 12 percent, which is a 2,300 percent increase from [...]
Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Improving Cardiovascular Health in Rural United States: Role of Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) Telemedicine enables patients to connect with clinicians without driving to a physical location, an attractive option for rural patients with long travel distances. Telemedicine offers the potential for rural residents to receive specialized care from [...]