Telemedicine adoption and low-value care use and spending among fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries

JAMA Internal Medicine

2025-02-24

(Press-News.org) About The Study: In this cohort study, telemedicine adoption was associated with modestly lower use of 7 of 20 examined low-value tests (most point-of-care) and no changes in use of other low-value tests, despite a small rise in total visits that might offer more testing opportunities. Results suggest possible benefits of telemedicine and mitigate concerns about telemedicine contributing to increased spending.

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Ishani Ganguli, MD, MPH, email iganguli@bwh.harvard.edu.

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(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.8354)

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JAMA Internal Medicine