Healthcare DIVE February 3, 2022
Dive Brief:
- COVID-19 bounced back into the top five codes used in teleheallth claims lines nationally in November after being absent from the list for two months, according to data from nonprofit Fair Health. It ranked fifth as a percentage of claims as the highly transmissible omicron variant was first detected in the U.S.
- National telehealth use overall increased 7.3% in November — rising from 4.1% of all medical claims in October to 4.4% in November — with the biggest jump seen in the Northeast, according to Fair Health.
- Substance use disorders fell out of the top five diagnoses nationally in November and were replaced with COVID-19 diagnoses.
Dive Insight:
Telehealth use has fallen from record highs at...
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