MCOL June 3, 2021
Recent reports indicate that even for the supposedly more tech-phobic Medicare population, telehealth awareness and utilization caught on during the pandemic, and the GAO has some concerns about that. The big question is, what are the post-pandemic implications, and what would be future CMS policy?
A recent Kaiser Family Foundation report: Medicare and Telehealth: Coverage and Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Options for the Future, found that:
- 64% (or 33.6 million) of Medicare beneficiaries with a usual source of care say that their provider currently offers telehealth appointments, up from 18% who said their provider offered telehealth before the pandemic.
- 23% do not know if their provider offers telehealth appointments, and this share is larger among rural...
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