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11. Information on Medicare Telehealth
Date: Nov 2018

Report to Congress, as mandated by the 21st Century Cures Act, examining how Medicare patients are using telehealth, particularly in rural areas, with breakdowns by race/ethnicity, age group, and primary diagnoses including mental health issues. Includes an analysis of Medicare claims data regarding high volume services that could be delivered through telehealth, an overview of telehealth models funded by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, and state-level breakdowns of Medicare telehealth data. Discusses who may benefit from telehealth expansion and barriers to expansion.

...telehealth, an overview of telehealth models funded by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation...

12. The Evolution of Telehealth during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multiyear Retrospective of FAIR Health's Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker
Date: Jun 2022

Brief presenting data from the FAIR Health Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker on changes in telehealth utilization, diagnoses, and procedure codes at the national and regional level between January 2020 and March 2022. Notes shifts in telehealth utilization during specific seasons and connects those shifts to changes in COVID-19 infection rates.

...Telehealth during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multiyear Retrospective of FAIR Health's Monthly Telehealth...

13. The Use of Telehealth for Disability Evaluation in Medicine and Allied Health: Proceedings of a Workshop
Date: 2022

Summarizes presentations and discussions held during a March 2022 workshop regarding the use of telehealth for patient evaluation. Provides an overview of telehealth policy broadly and within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Explores the use of telehealth in a range of clinical specialties; telehealth access and digital inclusion and equity; the experiences of U.S. healthcare systems in deploying telehealth; and licensure, privacy, and security issues.

...telehealth for patient evaluation. Provides an overview of telehealth policy broadly and within the context...

14. Study of Telehealth Expansion and Payment Parity: Preliminary Report to the Minnesota Legislature 2023
Date: May 2023

Provides an overview of telehealth usage in Minnesota, with a focus on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on telehealth; issues of access, quality, satisfaction, and equity; payment parity; audio-only telehealth; and more. Includes 2021 Minnesota Health Access (MNHA) Survey data about telehealth satisfaction for various populations, including rural, as well as telehealth implications for rural areas.

...telehealth; issues of access, quality, satisfaction, and equity; payment parity; audio-only telehealth; and more...

15. Bridging the Digital Divide: Advancing Telehealth Equity
Date: Nov 2022

Describes the rise in telehealth use in Massachusetts since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and disparities in use across populations. Summarizes the access, quality, and experience factors associated with telehealth from the perspective of patients, providers, and community leaders. Identifies barriers and factors that promoted telehealth use. Offers recommendations for health plans to advance telehealth equity by addressing the root causes of the digital divide, promoting digital inclusion, removing structural and financial barriers to telehealth access, and supporting higher quality and more inclusive care delivery.

...Telehealth Equity --- Describes the rise in telehealth use in Massachusetts since the onset of the COVID...

16. Updated Analysis: Using Population-Based Outcome Measures to Assess the Impact of Telehealth Expansion on Medicare Beneficiaries' Access to Care and Quality of Care
Date: Jun 2024

Explores the association between telehealth use, quality of care, and access to care when both telehealth and in-person visits are available to fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare beneficiaries. Compares data from the second half of 2018 and 2019 to the second half of 2022 by the level of telehealth utilization in Hospital Service Areas (HSAs). Describes the effects of telehealth for urban and rural beneficiaries and differentiates between telehealth utilization for behavioral and non-behavioral health services. Updates a June 2023 report that analyzed data from 2021.

...telehealth use, quality of care, and access to care when both telehealth and in-person...

17. Outpatient Telehealth Use Soared Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic but Has since Receded
Date: Feb 2022

Brief examining outpatient telehealth visits from March 2019 to August 2021 based on a data set that includes over 126 million patients from 889 hospitals and 19,320 clinics nationwide. Covers changes in telehealth use during the pandemic, telehealth use by age group and gender, rural and urban rates of telehealth use, and telehealth use for management of chronic conditions. Discusses impacts on healthcare access, cost, quality, and outcomes, as well as policy implications.

...telehealth use by age group and gender, rural and urban rates of telehealth use, and telehealth...

18. State Medicaid Telehealth Policies Before and During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: 2022 Update
Date: Nov 2022

Examines state Medicaid telehealth coverage, policies, and utilization before and after the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). Describes the types of Medicaid services that were allowed to be delivered by telehealth and the types of telehealth modality covered before the PHE, in May 2020, and in January 2022. Outlines the status of state Medicaid telehealth flexibilities based on state executive orders and Medicaid agency guidance. Builds on a July 2021 analysis of state Medicaid telehealth coverage, policies, and utilization before and after the COVID-19 PHE.

...telehealth and the types of telehealth modality covered before the PHE, in May 2020, and in January...

19. National Institutes of Health Pathways to Prevention Workshop: Improving Rural Health Through Telehealth-Guided Provider-to-Provider Communication
Date: Dec 2022

Examines the effectiveness of rural provider-to-provider collaboration through the use of telehealth based on a systematic review of rural provider-to-provider telehealth (RPPT), and the results of a workshop of rural health experts. Discusses uptake of different types of telehealth, benefits of provider-to-provider telehealth for rural patients, barriers and facilitators to implementation and sustainability, and limitations of studies examining rural telehealth.

...telehealth based on a systematic review of rural provider-to-provider telehealth (RPPT), and the results...

20. Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker
Reviewed: Jun 2024

Summarizes telehealth utilization changes nationally and across four U.S. census regions on a monthly and yearly basis. Provides an overview of the top five telehealth diagnostic categories, mental health telehealth diagnoses, and telehealth specialties; age distribution; and telehealth's percentage of medical claim lines. Updated monthly.

...telehealth diagnostic categories, mental health telehealth diagnoses, and telehealth specialties; age distribution; and telehealth's percentage...