The Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker uses Fair Health data to track how telehealth is evolving from month to month. In January, the tracker found the following utilization trends:
- In January, medical claim lines from telehealth visits hit 5.9 percent compared to 5.5 percent in December.
- January marked the third straight month of national telehealth utilization growth.
- Telehealth usage increased in the midwest, west, south and northeast regions of the U.S.
- Acute respiratory diseases and infections were the No. 1 diagnoses made nationally via asynchronous telehealth.