Telehealth use slipped 5.6% across the nation in July, falling from to 5.1% of all private insurance and Medicare Advantage claims, down from 5.4% of those claims in June, according to nonprofit FAIR Health’s monthly tracker.
The South saw the nation’s biggest decline in telehealth use, falling by 9.3% from June to July, according to the tracker, which does not include Medicaid and fee-for-service Medicare.
Nationally, telehealth diagnoses continued to be led by mental health conditions, which flickered around 69% of telehealth claims. That trend was similar in every region of the country, although the Northeast saw a more pronounced drop from 76.6% of telehealth claims in June to 75.9% in July, while the South and West recorded slight increases, Health Leaders reports. Read more.
