decisionhealth Newsletters, Part B News - 2023 Issue 10 (October)
Telehealth consults stayed above pre-COVID-19 levels
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Article Overview
This brief analysis examines Medicare telehealth consult utilization trends over several years, with attention to changes during the COVID-19 public health emergency and how later claim volume compared with pre-pandemic levels. It is relevant to coders, billing staff, compliance teams, and analysts who monitor Part B utilization patterns and telehealth policy impacts. The article focuses on broad claim-volume comparisons for telehealth consult categories and summarizes the data at a high level without providing coding instructions.
Why This Topic Matters
Understanding claim-volume shifts for telehealth consult services can help stakeholders track utilization patterns, anticipate documentation or billing review needs, and assess how pandemic-era changes affected Medicare Part B service mix.
Article Sections
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Benchmark of the week
A short claims-data spotlight summarizing Medicare telehealth consult volume over multiple years. The section frames the overall trend and notes how the data were compared across time periods.
What You Will Learn
- How Medicare telehealth consult claim volume changed over time
- Which broad consult categories were included in the analysis
- How the article frames pre-pandemic, pandemic, and later-year utilization patterns
- Why Part B claims data can be used to monitor telehealth trends
Who Should Read This
- Medical coders
- Billing staff
- Revenue cycle professionals
- Compliance teams
- Healthcare analysts
- Practice administrators
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