Healthcare DIVE July 30, 2024
The JAMA study comes as lawmakers debate whether to permanently expand telehealth flexibilities in Medicare this year.
Dive Brief:
- Mental telehealth coverage has contracted slightly since the government declared an end to the COVID-19 public health emergency last year, according to a new study published in JAMA.
- The study, which analyzed over 1,000 outpatient mental health treatment facilities, found that publicly owned mental health treatment facilities were less likely to have adopted telehealth services at all, and more likely to have discontinued them after the Biden administration ended the COVID PHE, compared to privately owned facilities.
- The results come as lawmakers are considering whether to permanently expand telehealth flexibilities to providers this year, after the federal government enacted temporary...
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