22 States Changed Laws Or Policies During The COVID-19 Emergency To Require More Robust Insurance Coverage Of Telemedicine
During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency 22 states changed laws or policies to require more robust insurance coverage of telemedicine. The changes focused on three key areas: coverage of audio-only services, waiving cost sharing for telemedicine services or requiring that cost sharing be no higher than for identical in-person services, and requiring reimbursement parity between telemedicine and in-person services.
In 2018 about 18% of physicians had used telemedicine technologies to deliver care. Less than 10% of consumers had …
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