Policy & Medicine January 8, 2025
According to a recent study published in Health Affairs, telemedicine offerings vary widely based on unique circumstances and factors, such as the age of the physician providing the care and the practice area. According to the report, which was written based on Medicare fee-for-service data from 2022, telemedicine varied depending on the region of the country, with higher rates of telemedicine usage in the northeast and western parts of the country.
One finding of the report is that female physicians were “significantly more likely” to allow for telemedicine visits once adjustments were made for specialty and...