Association of Telehealth Reimbursement Parity With Contraceptive Visits During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Jacqueline Ellison; Megan B Cole; Terri-Ann Thompson

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.6732

Association of Telehealth Reimbursement Parity With Contraceptive Visits During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Apr 1;5(4):e226732. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.6732.

Authors

Jacqueline Ellison¹, Megan B Cole², Terri-Ann Thompson³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Services, Policy, and Practice, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island.
² Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Ibis Reproductive Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study assesses the pattern of face-to-face and virtual contraceptive appointments in states in which insurers reimbursed both services equally vs states without a reimbursement parity policy.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / epidemiology
Contraceptive Agents
Humans
Pandemics
Telemedicine*

Substances

Contraceptive Agents

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Substances

Grants and funding