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NEW YORK, Nov. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- An initiative to advance shared decision making among patients of color in New York State revealed an appetite for this type of discussion among patients and providers and the utility of tools that facilitate such discussions. Shared decision making is the exchange among patients, caregivers and healthcare providers, balancing clinical options and patient preferences to make treatment decisions. The initiative, generously funded by the New York Health Foundation (NYHealth) and undertaken in collaboration with FAIR Health Academic Advisory Board member Chima Ndumele, PhD, offered salient insights as to how patients make decisions and challenges they may face when navigating the healthcare system and managing healthcare costs. These and other insights are included in a brief released today by FAIR Health, Advancing Shared Decision Making among Patients of Color: Lessons Learned from FAIR Health's Grant-Funded Initiative.

NEW YORK, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In the South and West, COVID-19 declined among the top five telehealth diagnoses in August 2022, according to FAIR Health's Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker. In those two US census regions, COVID-19 fell from second place in July to third place in August; in the other two regions, Midwest and Northeast, and nationally, it remained in second place. In all regions and nationally, COVID-19 fell by about one to two percent as a share of telehealth claim lines.1 The data represent the privately insured population, including Medicare Advantage and excluding Medicare Fee-for-Service and Medicaid.

NEW YORK, Oct. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Telehealth utilization, as measured by telehealth's share of all medical claim lines, varied by US region from June to July 2022, according to FAIR Health's Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker.1 Telehealth utilization rose in three of the four US census regions—Midwest, South and West—with the greatest increase (5.7 percent) in the West, where telehealth utilization rose from 7.0 to 7.4 percent of medical claim lines; the South increased 4.9 percent and the Midwest 2.5 percent. In the Northeast, telehealth utilization fell 3.3 percent, from 6.0 percent of medical claim lines to 5.8 percent. Overall, national telehealth utilization increased 1.9 percent from June to July, after declining 3.7 percent from May to June, rising from 5.2 percent of medical claim lines in June to 5.3 percent in July. The data represent the privately insured population, including Medicare Advantage and excluding Medicare Fee-for-Service and Medicaid.

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