mHealth Intelligence May 23, 2024
New research shows Medicare patient outcomes, including potentially preventable hospitalizations and total care costs, may worsen with higher telehealth use.
High telehealth use is associated with more clinician encounters, hospitalizations, and higher total healthcare costs for Medicare beneficiaries, according to new research.
The study published in JAMA Network Open aimed to better understand the association between telehealth use and healthcare outcomes among Medicare patients. The research team noted that understanding this association is critical as Congress mulls extending Medicare telehealth flexibilities by another two years.
A research team from the American Institutes for Research and Meta Platforms, Inc., used a population-based difference-in-differences (DID) method to test whether telehealth access expansion is associated with improved quality and care access and lower...
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