Top 5 telehealth diagnoses

Mental health conditions remain the most popular telehealth diagnosis, while COVID-19 has fallen out of the top five, nonprofit researcher FAIR Health reported.

Nationally, telehealth use declined 2% in October, after dropping 9.3% the month before, according to the analysis of claims data from privately insured and Medicare Advantage patients. That decrease was most pronounced in the South (5%), while the West experienced an increase of 4.7%.

Here are the top five telehealth diagnoses, according to the Jan. 9 report:

1. Mental health conditions: 67.1%

2. Acute respiratory diseases and infections: 2.9%

3. Joint/soft tissue diseases and issues: 1.5%

4. Hypertension: 1.4% 

5. Endocrine and metabolic disorders: 1.3%

 

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