Analysis of national Medicare claims reveals telemedicine uptake for in-center hemodialysis among US nephrologists, highlighting regulatory waiver impacts on care delivery.
Because of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the US government issued emergency waivers in March 2020 that removed regulatory barriers around the use of telemedicine. For the first time, nephrologists were reimbursed for telemedicine care delivered during in-center hemodialysis. We examined the use of telemedicine for in-center hemodialysis during the first 16 months of the pandemic.
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