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Telehealth and Outpatient Utilization: Trends in Evaluation and Management Visits Among Medicare Fee-For-Service Beneficiaries, 2019-2024

medRxiv: Telehealth and Outpatient Utilization: Trends in Evaluation and Management Visits Among Medicare Fee-For-Service Beneficiaries, 2019-2024 Prior to the pandemic, telehealth accounted for just 0.1% of monthly E&M visits but surged to 41.0% in April 2020 before stabilizing between 5.7% and 7.0% in 2023-2024. The average monthly E&M visit rate per 1,000 FFS beneficiaries [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2025-03-11T11:27:32-04:00March 6th, 2025|

Association Between Telehealth Use and Downstream 30-Day Medicare Spending

medRxiv: Association Between Telehealth Use and Downstream 30-Day Medicare Spending The objective of this study was to investigate whether healthcare visits initiated by telehealth had higher or lower 30-day spending compared to in-person-initiated visits. The study compared the overall spending, rates of return visits, laboratory tests, and imaging procedures within 30 days for Medicare [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2025-03-11T11:29:46-04:00February 11th, 2025|

Nature Research Intelligence: Several Virtual Care Studies

Nature Research Intelligence: Several Virtual Care Studies The Nature Research Intelligence released several topic summaries on virtual care including: Appointment Non-Attendance in Outpatient Health Care Settings – This summary reviewed the impact of telehealth on appointment adherence and found telehealth showed promise in reducing no-show rates. Tele-Audiology and Hearing Healthcare During the COVID-19 Pandemic [...]

pbrown2025-05-05T16:04:25-04:00January 30th, 2025|

Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC): Maximizing the Value of Remote Patient Monitoring

Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC): Maximizing the Value of Remote Patient Monitoring The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) released a health explainer, which offered evidence-based strategies to maximize the value of remote patient monitoring, a digital service that transmits patients’ at-home data to health care providers. The explainer recommends policymakers to focus on four key areas: [...]

pbrown2025-05-05T15:31:05-04:00January 9th, 2025|

ASPE: Use of Medicare-Covered Telerehabilitation for PT/OT/SLP Services during the COVID-19 PHE

ASPE: Use of Medicare-Covered Telerehabilitation for PT/OT/SLP Services during the COVID-19 PHE ASPE released a study, which examined the extent therapist practices and nursing homes adopted telehealth services for physical therapy (PT), occupational therapy (OT), and speech-language pathology (SLP); explored the major challenges and facilitators in adopting telerehabilitation services, and whether these services were [...]

pbrown2025-05-05T15:28:09-04:00December 18th, 2024|

FAIR Health: Telehealth Utilization Decreased Nationally and in Every US Census Region in September

FAIR Health: Telehealth Utilization Decreased Nationally and in Every US Census Region in September According to FAIR Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker, telehealth utilization decreased nationally and in every US census region in September 2024. Nationally, telehealth claim lines dropped from 4.96 percent of medical claim lines in August to 4.80 percent in September, a [...]

pbrown2025-05-04T20:09:45-04:00December 16th, 2024|

JAMA Network: Racial and Ethnic and Rural Variations in the Use of Hybrid Prenatal Care in the US

JAMA Network: Racial and Ethnic and Rural Variations in the Use of Hybrid Prenatal Care in the US This study found that while the use of hybrid prenatal care (i.e., telehealth and in-person visits) increased among Black and Hispanic groups, rural communities still lag behind urban populations in uptake. Nationally, Black and Hispanic individuals [...]

pbrown2025-05-04T20:19:53-04:00December 6th, 2024|

ASPE: Trends in In-Person and Telehealth-Involved Controlled Medication Initiations Among Adults with Private Insurance

ASPE: Trends in In-Person and Telehealth-Involved Controlled Medication Initiations Among Adults with Private Insurance This data brief presents trends in the initiations of selected, frequently prescribed controlled medications among individuals with private health insurance coverage. Results show that the majority of privately insured individuals received their initial controlled medication prescriptions without telehealth involvement, throughout [...]

pbrown2025-05-04T20:07:09-04:00December 6th, 2024|

JAMA Psychiatry: Trends in Outpatient Psychotherapy Among Adults in the US

JAMA Psychiatry: Trends in Outpatient Psychotherapy Among Adults in the US In this cross-sectional study, significant psychotherapy increases occurred for adults with mild or moderate but not serious distress, younger but not older adults, females but not males, college educated but not less than college educated adults, individuals with higher but not lower family [...]

pbrown2025-05-04T20:22:06-04:00December 4th, 2024|

Telemedicine and e-Health: The Association Between Telehealth Use During Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder and Clinical Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Telemedicine and e-Health: The Association Between Telehealth Use During Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder and Clinical Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study Patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) represent a high-risk population due to increased rates of adverse health outcomes and death. In this retrospective cohort study within the Veterans Health Administration, telehealth use [...]

pbrown2025-05-04T19:54:35-04:00November 25th, 2024|

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