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September 10, 2025Medical Care

The Role of Telehealth Payment Parity on Recommended Care and Emergency Department Service Utilization Among Workers With Chronic Conditions

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Analysis shows telehealth payment parity increased psychotherapy visits in chronic patients, suggesting improved access to mental health care.

Telehealth payment parity significantly increased psychotherapy visits by 0.221 per patient per quarter.
The regulation reduced ED visits among individuals with mental health disorders by 0.003 visits per quarter.
Chronic patients with cardiometabolic risks did not show increased preventive care visits due to payment parity.
A two-way fixed-effect difference-in-differences analysis utilized data from 2019 to 2021.

Zhang et al. (2025) studied this question.

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Analysis shows telehealth payment parity increased psychotherapy visits in chronic patients, suggesting improved access to mental health care.