AJMC July 6, 2022
COVID-19 was ranked in the top 5 diagnoses through telehealth in the Midwest, Northeast, and West regions as well as nationally in the month of April, coinciding with an increase in COVID-19 cases.
In April 2022, COVID-19 returned to the top 5 telehealth diagnoses nationally for the first time since January, according to FAIR Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker (FIGURE 1). COVID-19 also returned to the list of top 5 telehealth diagnoses in every US census region except the South; it had been off the list in all 4 regions (Midwest, Northeast, South, and West) since January.
The data represent the privately insured population, including Medicare Advantage and excluding Medicare fee-for-service and Medicaid. The reappearance of COVID-19 on the national...