Healthcare DIVE March 30, 2022
Dive Brief:
- The median charge for a hospital evaluation and management visit increased 7% from 2019 to 2020 while negotiated rates for those visits rose 5%, continuing a steady upward trend since 2012, according to a new report from Fair Health.
- Meanwhile, the percentage of claims for telehealth shot up from just 0.22% of all claims in 2019 to about 15% in 2020, as COVID-19 restrictions set in and patients worried of virus transmission, Fair said.
- Volumes in all other areas fell, with ambulatory surgery centers seeing the biggest decrease at 38%.Visits dropped 30% for emergency rooms, 16% for urgent care centers and 4% for retail clinics.
Dive Insight:
Fair Health’s report illustrates the enormous impact the COVID-19...