Inside Telehealth: Most Midterm Voters Support Free Telehealth Pre-Deductible (11/17) – The Alliance to Fight for Healthcare conducted an election night poll, which found that an overwhelming majority of midterm voters want telehealth services to be covered before individuals meet their deductibles. Of voters who supported Democrats in the midterm elections and were polled, [...]
NEJM Catalyst: CareConnect: Adapting a Virtual Urgent Care Model to Provide Buprenorphine Transitional Care Medications for opioid use disorder (OUD) such as buprenorphine are the gold standard for treatment of OUD, but patients face many barriers accessing these medications. To address this gap, a team at Penn Medicine created CareConnect, which leveraged new [...]
JAMA Network Open: Comparison of Visit Rates Before vs After Telehealth Expansion Among Patients with Mental Health Diagnoses Treated at Federally Qualified Health Centers According to this research letter, high telehealth availability at federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) was associated with better care engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic for patients enrolled in Medicaid [...]
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: CMS Released Medicaid and CHIP Access Data Brief CMS released a short data brief on the general utilization of mental health services for Medicaid and CHIP. Specifically, the rate of mental health service delivery via telehealth increased greatly during the COVID-19 PHE, peaking in April 2020 but [...]
Trilliant Health: 2022 Trends Shaping the Health Economy The 2022 Trends Shaping the Health Economy analysis found telehealth volumes peaked at 73.7 million visits in the second quarter of 2020, while visits during the first quarter this year reached 46.4 million. About 80 percent of patients had between one and four visits last [...]
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 [...]
mHealth Intelligence: Enhancing Care for Kids with Genetic Conditions Through Telehealth According to a study published in Pediatrics, telemedicine can be used to effectively care for pediatric patients with genetic conditions. The uses of telehealth in pediatrics are varied, enabling expanded care for various acute and chronic conditions, like type 1 diabetes and behavioral health. [...]
Business Wire: NOCD Released Peer-Reviewed Study on Behavioral Telehealth on Levels of Treatment Effectiveness, Duration, and Cost Compared to Traditional Treatment NOCD, a telehealth provider for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder, released the results of a study on the use of virtual care to provide behavioral health therapy to OCD patients. The researchers found the [...]
JAMA Network Open: Perceptions and Use of Telehealth Among Mental Health, Primary, and Specialty Care Clinicians During the COVID-19 Pandemic A recent survey found telehealth utilization rates correspond with how clinicians perceive the effectiveness level, ease of use, and quality of virtual care services. The researchers surveyed clinicians who worked in clinics that specialized in [...]
JMIR Publications: Continuation of Teletherapy After the COVID-19 Pandemic: Survey Study of Licensed Mental Health Professionals In this study, researchers examined factors related to continued benefits of teletherapy post-pandemic. The study found that vulnerable groups such as Medicaid beneficiaries, those who seek couples or family counseling, or patients from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are less likely [...]