Study suggested that greater practice-level telehealth use was not associated with the delivery of low-value care services in primary care.
Increased telehealth use in primary care practices is associated with reduced rates of low-value cervical cancer screening and thyroid testing. No significant association is found between telehealth use and most other low-value care services.Researchers conducted a retrospective cohort study using Medicare fee-for-service claims data from January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2022.
Telehealth use was stratified into low, medium, and high tertiles based on the number of telehealth services per 1000 beneficiaries in 2022. Poisson regression models were used to estimate the association between practice-level telehealth use and rates of low-value care services, controlling for practice-level characteristics.High practice-level telehealth use was associated with lower rates of low-value cervical cancer screening .No significant association was found between practice-level telehealth use and rates of other low-value care services.
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