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, [...]
NIH National Library of Medicine: Initiating Opioid Use Disorder Medication via Telemedicine During COVID-19: Implications for Proposed Reforms to the Ryan Haight Act The Ryan Haight Act generally requires a clinician to conduct an in-person visit before prescribing an opioid use disorder (OUD) medication. During the COVID-19 pandemic, beginning March 16, 2020, the requirement was [...]
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN): Survivor Views: Telehealth and Clinical Trials A new survey shows cancer patients and recent survivors have had a positive experience using telehealth in the wake of the pandemic and are willing to use or adapt to using telehealth services in the future. According to the new Survivor Views survey [...]
Kaiser Family Foundation: States Respond to COVID-19 Challenges but Also Take Advantage of New Opportunities to Address Long-Standing Issues: Results from a 50-state Medicaid Budget Survey for State Fiscal Years 2021 and 2022 This report highlights certain policies in place in state Medicaid programs in state FY 2021 and policy changes implemented or planned for [...]
Primary Care Collaborative: A Resilient Primary Care Supported Patients During Summer Surge of COVID Recently released data from a survey of primary care clinicians in mid-August by the Larry A. Green Center, in collaboration with the Primary Care Collaborative (PCC), shows that primary care remains resilient against increased demands, although the workforce is confronting myriad [...]
AJMC: Patient and Supporter Factors Affecting Engagement with Diabetes Telehealth Telehealth programs are an increasingly popular approach to facilitate diabetes care by enhancing remote monitoring, communication, and collaboration among patients, caregivers, and health care providers. A study of 123 adults with type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure, enrolled with a family supporter, received automated [...]
J.D. Power: Telehealth Usage Surging but Service Issues and Barriers to Access Strain Patient Experience, J.D. Power Finds Thirty-six percent of patients said they used telehealth in the past year, up from 9 percent in 2020’s survey. However, many users cited limited access to the services they need and inconsistencies in the care they receive. [...]
Amwell and HIMSS Analytics: Building the Future of Virtual Care: Streamlined, Scalable, Sustainable. Insights from Amwell’s 2021 Survey of Health Plans, Hospitals and Health Systems, and Clinicians Amwell and HIMSS Analytics surveyed 100 executives at health plans, 102 senior leaders at hospitals and health systems, and 100 frontline clinicians and support staff about their post-pandemic [...]
American Medical Association: Survey shows video telehealth’s broad reach 6 months into pandemic The AMA Physician Practice Benchmark Survey—which focuses on practice arrangements and payment methodologies of post-residency physicians found that telehealth use by physicians skyrocketed from 25 percent in 2018 to almost 80 percent in 2020. Furthermore, almost 85 percent of psychiatrists connected with the [...]
Healthcare Dive: Hospital telehealth leveling off at one-fifth of medical appointments, research finds A new survey from KLAS Research and the Center for Connected Medicine found that the use of telehealth for patient visits seems to have leveled off at 20 percent or fewer of all appointments. Over 80 percent of hospital executive respondents to the survey, [...]