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. 2021 Jul 16;2(7):e211597.
doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.1597. eCollection 2021 Jul.

Association Between Primary Care Payment Model and Telemedicine Use for Medicare Advantage Enrollees During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Brian W Powers  1 , Dana Drzayich Antol  1 , Yongming Zhao  1 , Gilbert S Haugh  1 , Oraida Roman  1 , William H Shrank  1 , Niteesh K Choudhry  2
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Association Between Primary Care Payment Model and Telemedicine Use for Medicare Advantage Enrollees During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Brian W Powers et al. JAMA Health Forum. .

Abstract

This cohort study examines the association between the primary care payment model and telemedicine use for Medicare Advantage enrollees during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Powers, Ms Drzayich Antol, and Ms Roman report equity in Humana, outside of the submitted work. Dr Shrank reports equity in Humana and serving as a Director at GetWellNetwork, outside the submitted work. Dr Choudhry reports grants from Humana, outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure.. Trends in Weekly Telemedicine Visits for Medicare Advantage Enrollees, by Primary Care Payment Model, January 1, 2020, to September 30, 2020
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