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Julie ApplebyJuly 2, 2021
Many hospitals around the country, including Medstar Washington Hospital in Washington, D.C., have started sharing their prices online in compliance with a recent federal rule. (Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images)
A colonoscopy might cost you or your insurer a few hundred dollars or several thousand, depending on which hospital or insurer you use.
Long hidden, such price variations are supposed to be available in stark black and white under a Trump administration price transparency rule that took effect at the start of this year. It requires hospitals to post a range of actual prices everything from the rates they offer cash-paying customers to costs negotiated with insurers.
35 new cases reported in N.H.
Update: Friday, July 2, 5:45 p.m.
COVID-19 numbers in the state have slightly increased, though they remain low. The state had 35 new coronavirus cases Friday. No new deaths were reported.
There are 181 active infections across New Hampshire. Seventeen people are hospitalized with the virus.
Since the pandemic began, New Hampshire has recorded nearly 100,000 cases and 1,372 COVID-19 deaths.
- NHPR Staff
Update: Thursday, July 1, 3:21 p.m.
The state announced 27 new coronavirus cases and 169 current cases on Thursday. Fifteen people are hospitalized with COVID-19.
New Hampshire has averaged 22 cases a day over the past week.
Update: Wednesday, June 30, 4:41 p.m.
Accessibility of Telehealth Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Medicare Beneficiaries ORIGINAL RESEARCH Volume 18 July 1, 2021
Suggested citation for this article: Ng BP, Park C. Accessibility of Telehealth Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Medicare Beneficiaries. Prev Chronic Dis 2021;18:210056. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd18.210056external icon.
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What is already known on this topic?
Factors associated with accessibility and use of telehealth have been reported for the adult population; however, little is known about factors associated with accessibility of telehealth among older adults.
What is added by this report?
Over 80% of Medicare beneficiaries in our study reported that their usual providers offered telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Disparities in accessibility of telehealth services by sex, residing area, income, and census region were observed.
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