Objective: This study characterized telemedicine utilization among Medicaid enrollees by
patients' demographic characteristics, geographic location, enrollment type, eligibility …

Congress and many state legislatures are considering expanding access to telemedicine.
To inform this debate, we analyzed Medicare fee-for-service claims for the period 2004–14 …

Objective: This study investigated recent rural-nonrural trends in the prevalence and amount
of mental and substance use disorder telemedicine received by adult Medicaid …

Importance Little is known about how telemedicine use was evolving before the broad
changes that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Understanding …

Objective: This study characterizes telehealth claims for mental health and substance abuse
(MH/SA) services by using national private claims data. Methods: Telehealth-related mental …

There is little debate that the US mental health care system is in dire need of delivery reform.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that suicide rates increased by …

Importance Access to specialty mental health care remains challenging for people with
serious mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Whether expansion of …

Background There has been a long-standing hope that telehealth could be used to reduce
rural patients' travel times to specialty physicians. Medicare covers telehealth services …

Introduction: Telemedicine has demonstrated potential to improve access and quality of
mental health services in underserved areas. Use of telemedicine to deliver health services …

Methods| We used 2005-2017 data from OptumLabs Data Warehouse, a deidentified claims
database for privately insured and Medicare Advantage enrollees in a large, private US …