Politico September 19, 2023
By Shawn Zeller, Carmen Paun, Daniel Payne and Erin Schumaker

Medicare is leading the way in covering virtual health care, with private insurers and Medicaid lagging behind.

That’s according to a new report from the American Medical Association and consulting firm Manatt Health.

They found that traditional Medicare and private Medicare advantage plans are paying doctors for:

— remote patient monitoring, in which patients use medical devices to keep track of their vital signs at home.

— remote therapeutic monitoring, which allows physicians to track a patients’ adherence to a care plan.

— digital evaluation and management, in which patients contact providers via an online portal.

— interprofessional telephone, internet, and electronic health record consultations, in which providers discuss a patient’s care with each other.

By contrast: Medicaid coverage varies...

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Topics: Digital Health, Insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Provider, Survey / Study, Technology, Telehealth, Trends
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