tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2022 Issue Q1

Industry Notes: Report Shows How Telehealth Usage Ramped Up During the Pandemic

Even before COVID hit, trends suggested that telehealth was gaining steam — but the pandemic caused digital healthcare to skyrocket, suggests a new HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) report. In fact, the results could inform what happens with remote visits in the future, according to the feds. A recent report from the OIG shows how telehealth usage escalated during the early stages of the pandemic from March to December 2020, with more than 26 million Medicare beneficiaries receiving at least one service digitally. “While the expansion of telehealth has been essential to maintaining beneficiaries’ access to care...

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