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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|

FAIR Health: Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker

FAIR Health: Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker FAIR Health found that in June, telehealth utilization increased nationally and in the West, Northeast and South, but decreased in the Midwest. Nationally, telehealth claim lines rose from 4.82% of medical claim lines in May to 4.89% in June, an increase of 1.5%. In terms of mental health [...]

pbrown2025-04-06T20:49:03-04:00September 16th, 2024|

JAMA Surgery: Teletrauma Use in Emergency Departments

JAMA Surgery: Teletrauma Use in Emergency Departments Nearly 30 million predominantly rural US residents lack timely access to trauma care expertise available at level I or II trauma centers. Telehealth is an established approach to improve access to health care expertise using remote consultation. This survey study found that teletrauma use lagged significantly behind [...]

pbrown2025-04-06T20:46:13-04:00September 14th, 2024|

JAMA Network Open: Stimulant, Antidepressant, and Opioid Telehealth Prescription Trends Between 2019 and 2022

JAMA Network Open: Stimulant, Antidepressant, and Opioid Telehealth Prescription Trends Between 2019 and 2022 This cross-sectional study found that increasing telehealth utilization across medications suggests a growing acceptance, need, or preference for remote services. Opioid prescriptions declined before Q2 of 2020 and continued to decrease by 17.2% from 2019 to 2022. In-person visits accounted [...]

pbrown2025-04-06T20:50:54-04:00September 13th, 2024|

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society: Telehealth Availability and Use Among Beneficiaries in Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society: Telehealth Availability and Use Among Beneficiaries in Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage This cross-sectional study examined differences in telehealth availability and use between traditional Medicare (TM) and Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries. The study found that, despite lower telehealth use, MA beneficiaries had comparable or higher rates of technology [...]

pbrown2025-04-06T20:33:26-04:00September 6th, 2024|

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Percentage of Children and Adolescents Who Used Telemedicine During the Past 12 Months

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Percentage of Children and Adolescents Who Used Telemedicine During the Past 12 Months The percentage of children and adolescents aged 0–17 years using telemedicine during the past 12 months declined from 18.3 percent in 2021 to 14.2 percent in 2023. Telemedicine use declined across all three age [...]

pbrown2025-04-06T20:30:25-04:00September 6th, 2024|

Journal of General Internal Medicine: Telemedicine Experiences and Care Needs of Mandarin-Speaking Patients with Limited English Proficiency

Journal of General Internal Medicine: Telemedicine Experiences and Care Needs of Mandarin-Speaking Patients with Limited English Proficiency Kaiser Permanente researchers conducted a study to understand why patients with a primary language other than English are less likely to use telemedicine visits. The qualitative study involved interviews with 20 Mandarin-speaking patients who had used telemedicine [...]

pbrown2025-04-06T19:43:17-04:00August 13th, 2024|

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Percentage of Adult Day services Centers That Use Any Telehealth

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Percentage of Adult Day services Centers That Use Any Telehealth In 2022, 46 percent of U.S. adult day services centers used any telehealth tools. Approximately one half of centers in the Northeast and West used any telehealth, compared with approximately one third of centers in the Midwest [...]

pbrown2025-04-06T18:51:04-04:00August 2nd, 2024|

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Percentage of Adult Day Services Center That Use Any Telehealth

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Percentage of Adult Day Services Center That Use Any Telehealth In 2022, 46 percent of U.S. adult day services centers used any telehealth tools. Approximately one half of centers in the Northeast and West used any telehealth, compared with approximately one third of centers in the Midwest [...]

pbrown2025-04-06T19:33:52-04:00August 1st, 2024|

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