WCRI: Use of Telemedicine Stabilizes Following Pandemic

The Workers Compensation Research Institute reported the use of telemedicine services that increased substantially in the second quarter of 2020 was already decreasing by the third quarter and has stabilized in subsequent quarters. According to a new WCRI FlashReport published Thursday, telemedicine’s share of evaluation and management services was still higher at 3% in the first quarter of 2021 as compared with 0.2% pre-pandemic. At the same time, the use of telemedicine for physical medicine moved closer to the pre-pandemic level. “Although COVID-19 cases in the U.S. have plate...