Receipt of Out-of-State Telemedicine Visits Among Medicare Beneficiaries During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, states implemented temporary changes allowing physicians without a license in their state to provide care to their residents. There is an ongoing debate at both the federal and state levels on whether to change licensure rules permanently to facilitate out-of-state telemedicine use.

Objective

To describe out-of-state telemedicine use during the pandemic.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study of telemedicine visits included all patients with traditional Medicare from January through June 2021.

Main outcomes and measures

Telemedicine visits from January through June 2021 where the patient's home address and the physician's practice address were in different states.

Results

In describing whic

SUBMITTER: Mehrotra A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9482058 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature