mHealth Intelligence (3/9, Melchionna) reports, “Telehealth utilization increased nationally by 11.4 percent between November and December 2021 and rose from 4.4 to 4.9percent of all medical claim lines, according to FAIR Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker.” According to the December report, “mental health conditions remained at No. 1 nationally,” and “acute respiratory disease was another diagnosis taking up a large share of telehealth claim lines in all regions during this time.” Moreover, “hypertension entered the top five telehealth diagnoses in the South, as did joint and soft tissue diseases in the Northeast.”
Related Links:
— “National Telehealth Use Skyrocketed Amid Omicron Surge “Mark Melchionna, mHealth Intelligence, March 9, 2022