AJMC November 15, 2023
A white paper from FAIR Health found that claim lines and telehealth usage for eating disorders had increased in a span of 4 years.
From 2018 to 2022, eating disorder claim lines increased 65% nationally as a percentage of all medical claim lines. All eating disorders studied increased during this period, but at different rates: avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) by 305%, binge-eating disorder by 81%, anorexia nervosa (anorexia) by 73%, and bulimia nervosa (bulimia) by 3%. These and other findings on eating disorders are reported in a FAIR Health white paper released today: Spotlight on Eating Disorders: An Analysis of Private Healthcare Claims.
Eating disorders are a diverse group of mental health conditions associated with severe disturbances in eating...
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