Behavioral health conditions in 2020 accounted for almost half of all telehealth visits in the U.S. as the country began its sojourn through the coronavirus pandemic. At that time, the behavioral health industry appeared to shift even further toward telehealth adoption and utilization even though behavioral health made up the largest share of all telehealth […]
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Recently announced changes to Medicare telebehavioral health coverage will impact the entire industry whether providers contract with the program or not. The move from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) marks an acceleration of telehealth on top of staking out a point-of-no-return for the industry’s progression toward digital adoption. CMS announced at the […]
Mental health claims continue to encompass a huge share of telehealth utilization in the U.S. But for the first time this year, that share of telehealth claims shrank — a little. This comes within an incremental, but months-long decline in overall telehealth utilization in the U.S., according to new data from New York City-based nonprofit […]
Technology is becoming an increasingly important part of behavioral health treatment, especially amid the coronavirus. In fact, telehealth was used more for mental health conditions than any other type of diagnosis in May, according to a report from FAIR Health. And while technology presents a lot of opportunities to expand behavioral health access and improve […]
Nationwide telehealth utilization picked up again in May after three straight months of declines. Mental health conditions and substance use disorder (SUD) represented a significant portion of the telehealth uptick. Telehealth was used more for mental health conditions than any other medical diagnosis in May, according to the nonprofit health data organization FAIR Health, which […]
This February, telehealth utilization saw its first month-over-month drop since September 2020. One thing that hasn’t changed, though, is that mental health conditions continue to be the number one telehealth diagnosis across the nation. Telehealth was used more for mental health conditions than any other diagnosis in February, according to FAIR Health, a nonprofit health […]
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