Telehealth

The volume of telehealth claim lines increased more than 8,335% in April 2020 compared to April 2019 as the pandemic continues to drive utilization, according to the newest analysis of insurance trends by nonprofit FAIR Health. Mental health diagnoses continue to drive the visits, followed by joint and soft tissue conditions and hypertension, suggesting more […]

With a push from COVID-19, “hospital-at-home” programs and other remote technologies – from online visits with doctors to virtual physical therapy to home oxygen monitoring – have been rapidly rolled out and, often, embraced. As remote visits quickly ramped up, Medicare and many private insurers, which previously had limited telehealth coverage, temporarily relaxed payment rules,

The COVID-19 pandemic will keep driving telehealth adoption, but use will likely ebb from its current unprecedented levels, experts and officials said this past week during America’s Health Insurance Plans’ virtual annual conference. Before the COVID-19 crisis, telehealth was used mainly for behavioral and urgent care, with a focus in rural and underserved areas. But