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Payer Insights: Cost-Sharing Changes Amid Increased COVID-19 Telehealth Visits

10/14/2020

Ben Isgur, health research institute leader, PwC, discusses recent news from insurers who announced they are reversing their decisions to waive telehealth copays, and provides a future outlook on how the health care landscape should change in order to support virtual care.

Reference:

The New York Times. Some Insurers End Pandemic Waivers of Fees and Deductibles for Telehealth. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/03/health/covid-telemedicine-insurance.html. Published online October 3, 2020.

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