Health Care Cost Institute: Telehealth Access is Crucial to Mental Health Care for People with Employer-Sponsored Insurance

Health Care Cost Institute: Telehealth Access is Crucial to Mental Health Care for People with Employer-Sponsored Insurance

The Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI), in collaboration with West Health, conducted an analysis on the use of telehealth mental health services among people with employer-sponsored insurance (ESI). We found that telehealth played an outsized role in the delivery of mental health services starting in 2020, with over 40 percent of mental health visits occurring via telehealth from 2020-2022. Females, young adults, and people residing in the northeast and west coast received the highest share of mental health care via telehealth. Therapy was the most commonly received mental health service via telehealth.