Weekly News Wire | May 5, 2020
About 10% Of Medicaid Beneficiaries With Behavioral Health Disorders Made Telehealth Visits In 2017
About 10% of adult Medicaid beneficiaries ages 18 to 64 with mental health and/or addiction disorders made telehealth visits for behavioral health services in 2017. Telehealth visits were more prevalent among beneficiaries with mental health disorders than those with addiction disorder. About 11.7% of beneficiaries in rural areas and 10.8% of those in non-rural areas made one or more telehealth visits for mental health treatment. About 2.7% of beneficiaries in rural areas and 1.5% in non-rural areas made one or more telehealth visits for addiction treatment.
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