COVID-19 Retains Top 5 Rankings of Telemedicine Diagnoses Nationwide, According to FAIR Health’s Monthly Telemedicine Regional Tracker
New York, September 12, 2022 at /PRNewswire/ — June 2022After two months of growth, nationwide telemedicine utilization declined 3.7% from 5.4% of medical billing lines in May to 5.2% in June, according to FAIR Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker.1 Declines were also seen in the Northeast (4.8%) and South (2.4%), but telemedicine use increased by 2.9% in the West and remained unchanged in the Midwest. This data represents the privately insured population, which includes Medicare Advantage and excludes Medicare service charges and Medicaid.
FAIR Health Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker: June 2022 Telehealth National
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of June 2022, COVID-19 maintained the same ranking among the top five telemedicine diagnoses held in May, both nationally and across all census regions. Ranked 2nd nationally and in all regions, but the South was his 3rd. This stability contrasts with his April-his May period, when COVID-19 climbed the rankings nationally, and was stable in all regions except the Northeast.
Certain other diagnoses have changed rankings. June 2022For example, from May to June, developmental disorders and joint/soft tissue diseases and problems rose nationally, finishing 4th for the latter and 5th for the former. Similarly, skin infections and problems and urinary tract infections swapped places in the South, with the latter coming in fourth and the former in fifth.
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from May June 2022in the West, psychologists dropped from fourth to fifth place on the list of top five telehealth specialists, replacing non-physicians in primary care.
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of June 2022the ranking of the top five telemedicine procedure codes has not changed nationally or in any region compared to the last four months. ® remains2 90837, 1 hour of psychotherapy.
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for June 2022, the Telehealth Costs Corner spotlighted CPT 90836, the cost of 45-minute psychotherapy with assessment and management visits.Nationwide, the median price for this service when delivered via telemedicine is $180.72the median tolerance is $111.81.3
About the Monthly Telemedicine Region Tracker
Released at May 2020 The free Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker uses FAIR Health data to track how telemedicine is evolving month by month. An interactive map of the four U.S. Census regions allows users to view telemedicine infographics for a specific month for the entire country or individual regions. Each infographic shows the month-to-month change in telemedicine medical billing line percentage and the top five telemedicine procedure codes, diagnoses, and specialties for the month. Additionally, in the Telehealth Costs section, specific telehealth procedure codes are featured along with their median billed amount and median allowed amount.
FAIR Health President Robin Gelbard “We welcome you to share these different windows into the ever-evolving use of telemedicine. It is one of the many ways we pursue our mission of healthcare transparency.”
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1 A claim item is an individual service or procedure listed on an insurance claim.
2 CPT © 2021 American Medical Association (AMA). All rights reserved.
3 The amount billed is the provider’s pre-discounted rate that the patient must pay if the patient does not have insurance or chooses to go to a provider that is not part of the patient’s plan’s network. Allowance is the total fee paid to providers under an insurance plan. This includes the amount paid by the health plan and the portion paid by the patient under the plan’s in-network cost sharing provisions (such as co-payment or co-insurance when the patient meets the deductible).
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