Telehealth decreased in April
By HME News Staff
Updated 12:21 PM CDT, Wed July 12, 2023
NEW YORK – National telehealth utilization decreased from 5.6% of medical claim lines in March to 5.3% in April, according to FAIR Health's Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker. In April, telehealth utilization also decreased in all four U.S. census regions—the Midwest (4.7%), Northeast (6.3%), South (6.8%) and West (6.4%). The data represent the privately insured population, including Medicare Advantage, and exclude Medicare Fee-for-Service and Medicaid. The top telehealth diagnosis nationally and in every region was mental health condition, with 68.4% of claim lines. Other top diagnoses are acute respiratory diseases and infections, urinary tract infections, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus. "We welcome sharing these varying windows into telehealth utilization as it continues to evolve,” said FAIR Health President Robin Gelburd, president. “This is one of the many ways we pursue our health care transparency mission." FAIR Health is a national, independent nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing transparency to health care costs and health insurance information through data products, consumer resources and health systems research support.
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