The Future of Telehealth After COVID-19: New Opportunities and Challenges
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Description
Provides an overview of the current evidence regarding telehealth's impact on equitable access to care and on quality of care, patient outcomes, and cost. Describes the COVID-19 pandemic-related regulatory flexibilities for mental health and substance use disorder services. Discusses the importance of telehealth on primary and specialty care during the public health emergency (PHE). Offers recommendations for Medicare telehealth policies to promote better outcomes for Medicare
beneficiaries and value for the Medicare program.
Author(s)
Julia Harris, Sabah Bhatnagar, Brady Newell, et al.
Date
10/2022
Type
Document
Organization
Bipartisan Policy Center
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Access · Behavioral health · Legislation and regulations · Medicare · Policy · Primary care · Reimbursement and payment models · Specialty care · Statistics and data · Telehealth