News-Medical.Net January 19, 2026
With another Congressional deadline looming this month for most telehealth coverage under Medicare, a new University of Michigan study adds more data to the debate.
It shows that the total number of patient visits hasn’t gone up since most patients gained the ability to see doctors and other health care providers virtually.
In fact, among non-surgical medical specialties and mental health providers, the total number of visits stabilized and even declined slightly through June 2024, the most recent period available to analyze. The data come from more than 60 million people who had nearly 539 million appointments during a five-year period.
The findings could help inform policymakers who must vote by January 30 to either temporarily renew or permanently extend...
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