Executive Briefings | May 9, 2017
The Telehealth Numbers Are In – And They Aren’t Too Impressive
The percentage of beneficiaries of federal health care programs using telehealth technologies ranges from under 1% per year for Medicare and the Department of Defense (DOD) – to 12% in the Veterans Administration (VA). For Medicaid, the states set parameters on reimbursement and coverage, so utilization is highly variable by state. These data were in a new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), Telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring Use in Medicare and Selected Federal Programs – and it shows that for all the “potential” of telehealth, the utilization . . .