HealthLeaders Media July 25, 2019
“The question of how telehealth can improve hospital revenue cycles is an evolving area worthy of additional study beyond the ATA Report,” says the American Telemedicine Association’s CEO.
More states than ever are expanding telehealth coverage and reimbursement, according to a new report from the American Telemedicine Association (ATA).
It shows that since 2017, 40 states and the District of Columbia have adopted substantive policies or received awards to expand telehealth coverage and reimbursement.
That friendlier reimbursement environment is combined with ramped-up physician adoption: an American Well surveyreleased earlier this year showed that physician adoption of telehealth increased 340% between 2015 and 2018, far outpacing adoption rates in the early years of EHRs.
But what that might mean for the...