Medicare FFS Part B visits for specialist care provided via telehealth in the United States increased 38 -fold in 2020 compared to the number of specialist care appointments carried out by telehealth in 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic enforced an increase in telehealth visits across all beneficiary characteristics.
Change in Medicare FFS visits conducted via telehealth in terms of number of times higher in the US between 2019 and 2020, by visit specialty
Characteristic
Number of times higher telehealth visits were in 2020
Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) Part B beneficiaries**
Supplementary notes
Source adds the following:
Beneficiary characteristics were identified from the Medicare enrollment database, which includes information on race/ethnicity from the Social Security Administration and the RTI recoded race variable that uses surname analysis to improve identification of Hispanic ethnicity; dual-enrollment in Medicaid.
Beneficiary residence is based on the location of the beneficiary’s home in an urban area based on Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) or rural if not in a MSA.
**Part B clinician-billed services as “visits,” as this mostly includes doctor’s offices, clinics, and hospital outpatient department.
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US Department of Health and Human Services. (December 3, 2021). Change in Medicare FFS visits conducted via telehealth in terms of number of times higher in the US between 2019 and 2020, by visit specialty [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1307044/trend-in-use-of-telehealth-after-the-pandemic-in-the-us-by-specialty/
US Department of Health and Human Services. "Change in Medicare FFS visits conducted via telehealth in terms of number of times higher in the US between 2019 and 2020, by visit specialty." Chart. December 3, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1307044/trend-in-use-of-telehealth-after-the-pandemic-in-the-us-by-specialty/
US Department of Health and Human Services. (2021). Change in Medicare FFS visits conducted via telehealth in terms of number of times higher in the US between 2019 and 2020, by visit specialty. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1307044/trend-in-use-of-telehealth-after-the-pandemic-in-the-us-by-specialty/
US Department of Health and Human Services. "Change in Medicare Ffs Visits Conducted via Telehealth in Terms of Number of times Higher in The Us between 2019 and 2020, by Visit Specialty." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1307044/trend-in-use-of-telehealth-after-the-pandemic-in-the-us-by-specialty/
US Department of Health and Human Services, Change in Medicare FFS visits conducted via telehealth in terms of number of times higher in the US between 2019 and 2020, by visit specialty Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1307044/trend-in-use-of-telehealth-after-the-pandemic-in-the-us-by-specialty/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Change in Medicare FFS visits conducted via telehealth in terms of number of times higher in the US between 2019 and 2020, by visit specialty [Graph], US Department of Health and Human Services, December 3, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1307044/trend-in-use-of-telehealth-after-the-pandemic-in-the-us-by-specialty/
