Robin Gelburd, JD

A white paper from FAIR Health found that claim lines and telehealth usage for eating disorders had increased in a span of 4 years.

FAIR Health has launched a new Opioid Tracker, featuring heat maps representing opioid abuse and dependence claim lines in the United States.

In March 2023, national telehealth utilization rose 1.8%, up from 5.5% of medical claim lines in February, according to new data from FAIR Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker.

The decline followed 3 months of growth from November 2022 to January 2023.

Utilization of telehealth increased by 7% nationally in the first month of 2023.

The growth in telehealth utilization continued an increase begun in November 2022.

According to the most recent data from FAIR Health, COVID-19 telehealth diagnoses declined in 3 of the 4 census regions in the United States.

Telehealth diagnoses in the South and West regions of the United States saw a reduction in COVID-19 diagnoses.

One of the key findings of the report is that 42 states saw an increase in the proportion of patients with opioid and opioid-like drug overdoses compared with the total number of patients using medical services by state.

FAIR Health published the findings of their 15-year analysis of Lyme disease, including an increase in private insurance claim lines in rural and urban areas from 2007 to 2021.

COVID-19 was ranked in the top 5 diagnoses through telehealth in the Midwest, Northeast, and West regions as well as nationally in the month of April, coinciding with an increase in COVID-19 cases.

The drop in telehealth utilization was likely due to continuing reduction in the reported number and severity of COVID-19 infections, which may have led more patients to return to in-person healthcare services.

The latest report from FAIR Health shows that the majority of people diagnosed post-COVID condition were never hospitalized.

The February drop out of the top 5 coincided with a sharp decline in new cases of COVID-19, as reported by the CDC, following the January peak of the wave of cases related to the Omicron variant.

A new FAIR Health white paper containing the fifth annual edition of FH Healthcare Indicators and FH Medical Price Index was released, showing a dramatic increase in telehealth utilization from 2019 to 2020.

For the second straight month, national telehealth utilization, measured as a percentage of all medical claim lines, grew in December 2021, according to FAIR Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker.

A new white paper from FAIR Health highlights the increase in costs for advanced life support and basic life support emergency ground ambulance transport between 2017 and 2020.

The August telehealth growth coincided with the peak of the surge in COVID-19 cases driven by the Delta variant in the South.

Aligned with increases in costs for both airplane and helicopter air ambulance transport, average estimated air ambulance costs rose 76.4% from 2017 to 2020, according to Robin Gelburd, JD, president of FAIR Health.

After a month of stable utilizations, use of telehealth services dropped 10% in June 2021, according to Robin Gelburd, JD, president of FAIR Health.

Telehealth utilization stabilized in May 2021 after a 3-month drop, according to FAIR Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker. Robin Gelburd, JD, president of FAIR Health, discusses the stabilization of telehealth utilization in May 2021 after a 3-month drop.

Robin Gelburd, JD, details the dip in telehealth claims observed during April 2021.

Robin Gelburd, JD, president of FAIR Health, discusses the sudden decline in telehealth utilization during the first month of 2021.

FH Healthcare Indicators reveal trends and patterns in the places where patients receive health care.

Robin Gelburd, JD, president of FAIR Health, discusses the dramatic increase in telehealth claims throughout 2020.

Robin Gelburd, JD, president of FAIR Health, discusses the massive jump in telehealth claims from November 2019 to November 2020.