Healthcare Finance News July 11, 2024
Expiration of the pre-deductible telehealth coverage exception in January 2025 may reduce mental health service use if not extended, authors say.
Patients in high deductible health plans are less likely to seek telemental health visits when required to pay out-of-pocket, according to an Included Health and Harvard Medical School study published in JAMA Network Open.
The cohort study included patients from all 50 states and Washington D.C. receiving telemental healthcare from Included Health from two clients – one employer and one insurance plan that varied in their coverage of telemental health during the study period. Included Health is a national telehealth-only company.
During the study period from January 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021, all patients had no cost sharing...
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