Medicare telehealth use jumps 63-fold during pandemic
The number of telehealth visits by Medicare beneficiaries soared to
52.7 million last year, a 63-fold increase from around 840,000 in 2019, with
behavioral health care providers recording the largest increase in telehealth
visits. An analysis of Medicare fee-for-service data showed urban and white
beneficiaries were more likely to seek and use telehealth services compared
with Black beneficiaries and those in rural areas.
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