A new report by Trilliant Health breaks down telehealth utilization rates and patient attitudes around receiving care in the home. Their findings were based on over 70 billion medical claims data representing 309 million patients across all 50 states, including private insurance and Medicare claims. They found that 80 percent of consumers say they would [...]
Encore Healthcare announced results from their new oxygen and nebulizer management Nexus TeleRespiratory Care model. Encore has used its over 20 million data points from chronic respiratory failure patients on home ventilation to build a predictive model that allows Home Medical Equipment (HME) providers to identify when patients need services before they end up in [...]
Maturing Virtual Care In Tribal Communities Philips Healthcare and the eHealth Initiative and Foundation (eHI) released a report which addresses the digital health challenges faced by tribal communities, including existing data gaps, funding sources, and the digital divide. Although some 60-70 percent of health care services in tribal communities are telehealth visits, significant connectivity challenges exist in rural areas [...]
The Milbank Quarterly: Rapid Transition to Telehealth and the Digital Divide: Implications for Primary Care Access and Equity in a Post-COVID Era This study analyzed data about small primary care practices’ telehealth use and barriers to telehealth use collected from rapid-response surveys administered by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Bureau [...]
The Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker uses FAIR Health data to track how telehealth is evolving on a monthly basis. Selecting a month and clicking on one of the four US census regions in the map below will display an infographic on telehealth in that month in that region. Clicking on national statistics will display an [...]
Patient experience of telemedicine for headache care during the COVID-19 pandemic: An American Migraine Foundation survey study The American Migraine Foundation (AMF) designed a standardized electronic questionnaire to assess the patient experience of telemedicine for headache care between March and September 2020 to help inform future quality improvement as part of its patient advocacy initiative. [...]
Better Medicare Alliance’s annual State of Medicare Advantage report brings together the latest research in one place to offer a single, comprehensive account of the Medicare Advantage experience today – from beneficiary demographics, to consumer savings and satisfaction, health outcomes and projections for the future. In 2021, over 94% of Medicare Advantage plans also offer [...]
The Kaiser Family Foundation released a new analysis showing more than one in four Medicare beneficiaries had a telehealth visit between summer and fall 2020. Among Medicare beneficiaries who had a telehealth visit, a majority (56%) report accessing care using a telephone only, while a smaller share had a telehealth visit via video (28%) or both video [...]
Physician Survey Patient Survey COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition: Telehealth Impact Study: Claims Data Analysis The COVID-19 pandemic brought with it profound changes in healthcare service delivery across the U.S. Efforts to enforce social distancing and to increase hospital capacity for the most ill COVID-19 patients led to the temporary shutting down [...]
American Institutes for Research (AIR): Separating Myth from Reality: Telehealth Expansion and the Potential for Fraud AIR released an issue brief titled, “Fraud and Abuse in Telehealth Is Not as Prevalent or as Significant as Some May Think.” The brief reviewed findings from federal investigations of telehealth utilization and insights from health systems providing telehealth [...]