Insider Intelligence June 6, 2022
Erum Ahmed

The news: Therapists who are treating families, Medicaid beneficiaries, or patients from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are less likely to continue offering teletherapy post-pandemic, according to a new study published in JMIR.

  • Conversely, therapists treating a higher percentage of older clients, Medicare patients, or patients from rural areas were more likely to continue using teletherapy post-pandemic.
  • Researchers surveyed 114 US therapists from 27 states between January and April 2021.

Key drivers: Medicare is a more lucrative business model for clinicians than Medicaid.

  • Medicaid reimburses providers at much lower rates than commercial insurers or Medicare Advantage. This makes it difficult for care providers that accept Medicaid to generate high revenues.
  • It’s also more difficult to maintain a long-standing...

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