Virginia Telehealth Network: 2023 Benchmarking Telehealth Usage in Virginia Survey As part of ongoing efforts to monitor the impact of telehealth on Virginia’s patients and providers, the Virginia Telehealth Network (VTN) conducts an annual “Benchmarking Telehealth Usage in Virginia” survey of actively practicing licensed providers across the Commonwealth. The survey found that 87 percent [...]
JAMA Network: Expansion of Telehealth Availability for Mental Health Care After State-Level Policy Changes From 2019 to 2022 A JAMA Network Open study by researchers from Harvard and the Rand Corporation found that the number of sites offering telehealth for mental health went from 39.4 percent in the second quarter of 2019 to 88.1 percent [...]
Minnesota Department of Health (MDH): MDH Study Shows Potential for More Accessible Health Care Through Telehealth A study by MDH highlights the potential for telehealth to make care more accessible while providing similar levels of service to traditional, in-person ways of delivering care. The report, which focus on Minnesotans with private health insurance coverage, [...]
Alma: Expanding Care with Teletherapy Alma, a digital health company, surveyed over 200 therapists and found that nearly 9 in 10 of its therapists want to be able to provide care across the country if their license enabled them to provide care nationwide. The survey also found 67 percent of therapists have already pursued or [...]
Cicero Institute: Few Disciplinary Issues with Out-of-State Telehealth This report reviews the states of Florida and Idaho's out-of-state telehealth approach and found that there were no disciplinary actions with across-state-line telehealth. Additionally, there was a substantial and growing number of providers interested in providing out-of-state telehealth. Despite the attention telehealth has received during the [...]
Reason Foundation: State Policy Agenda for Telehealth Innovation States rapidly adopted telehealth technology under the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) regulatory flexibilities. Most emergency actions taken during the pandemic are temporary. However, states show a lack of urgency in making comprehensive updates to their telehealth laws in preparation for once the PHE ends. Pioneer Institute, Cicero [...]
American Journal of Managed Care: Differences in Telehealth During COVID-19 Between Commercial and Medicaid Enrollees This study found that during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, California managed care enrollees had higher rates of telehealth use compared with Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) enrollees, regardless of insurer. Among FFS enrollees, those enrolled in Medicaid [...]
The Commonwealth Fund: State Telemedicine Coverage Requirements Continue to Evolve As telemedicine coverage requirements evolve, some states have begun to require coverage of audio-only telephone visits, exempt behavioral health care from limits on telephone visits, and protect patients’ access to their providers. This report from the Commonwealth Fund details state legislation enacted since [...]
Center for Connected Health Policy: State Telehealth Laws and Reimbursement Policies Report, Fall 2022 The Center for Connected Health Policy released their Fall 2022 Summary Report, which highlights certain aspects of telehealth policies. The report found that audio-only telehealth more than doubled since Spring 2021. For licensure, more states than ever before have [...]
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology: Child Neurology Telemedicine: Analyzing 14,820 Patient Encounters During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic Researchers from the Epilepsy Neurogenetics Initiative (ENGIN) at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that, across nearly 50,000 visits, patients continued to use telemedicine effectively even with the reopening of outpatient clinics a [...]