The Latest Telehealth Example: Pay-For-Value

Why has telehealth adoption been slow? The market factors are many – low acceptance by clinical professionals, service workflow, integration into clinical recordkeeping systems, loss of traditional revenue streams, licensure requirements, and reimbursement are just a few (see The Telehealth Market – Now, Soon & Future, The Telehealth Market – The Future Has Arrived, and The Uneven Adoption Of Telehealth – The Idaho Example).

From a national perspective, the adoption of telehealth is uneven because these market factors vary widely across markets and payers. But I think that not all market factors are equal. Financing and reimbursement tend to outweigh other factors. And as . . .