In September, telehealth usage stood at 4.4 percent of all medical claim lines, and dropped to 4.1 percent in October. By comparison, in August and September telehealth utilization rates increased by 2 percent.
The data collected for FAIR Health’s monthly telehealth tracker represents the privately insured population, excluding Medicaid and Medicare fee-for-service.
Mental health conditions remained the top ranking telehealth diagnosis nationally. COVID-19 dropped out of the top five diagnoses in the Midwest and was no longer in the top five telemedicine diagnoses nationwide.
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