Telehealth Trends
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Trend Spotlight
12% of Medicare fee-for-service users had a telehealth service in the third quarter of 2023.
There was a 1% decrease in this percentage from quarter 2 2023 to quarter 3 2023.
Data Spotlight
63-fold
increase in Medicare fee-for-service beneficiary telehealth visits in 2020
Source: Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 2021
>20%
of adult patients had a telehealth visit in July 2022
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Household Pulse Survey, 2022
98%
of HRSA-funded health centers used telehealth to provide primary care in 2022
Source: Health Resources and Services Administration, Uniform Data System, 2022
Research Spotlight
Updated Medicare FFS Telehealth Trends by Beneficiary Characteristics, Visit Specialty, and State, 2019-2021
This report found Medicare telehealth flexibilities continued to encourage use of telehealth among Medicare beneficiaries in 2021, with telehealth use highest in 2020 and decreasing slightly in 2021; telehealth use varied widely across states.
Put information into action
Learn ways to translate telehealth research into practice with this tip sheet (PDF).