STAT August 30, 2021
The explosive growth in telemedicine has been hailed by some as an important “silver lining” of the Covid pandemic, if such a thing can exist for such a vast tragedy. In the first terrifying weeks of the pandemic, most people did not go to their doctors’ offices for medical care and telemedicine quickly evolved from a fringe service to a major mode of care delivery.
The CEO of one telemedicine company described his company experiencing a decade’s worth of growth in just a few weeks.
For the nation’s older adults and other Medicare beneficiaries, telemedicine has been an essential lifeline during the pandemic. On March 17, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that it would reimburse all...
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