As providers, payers, and patients seek the elusive trinity of healthcare quality, access, and cost, they are increasingly turning to telehealth programs. Global professional services company Towers Watson estimates that a potential maximum savings of $6 billion per year is available through aggressive use of telehealth services.
Although expected growth rate statistics for telehealth vary, the models consistently predict substantial growth in the number of patient visits and related revenue growth. Skip Fleshman with Asset Management Ventures predicts that “telemedicine may just be the biggest trend in digital health in 2015” and notes that “telemedicine is moving like lightning.”
Providers looking to embrace population health look to telehealth to enhance management of patients with chronic health, to increase access to behavioral healthcare, and to provide a cost-effective point of access for services. This rapid expansion of telehealth warrants an examination of potential risks and insurance issues that should be considered in implementing a program. Get Whitepaper >
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