Telehealth claims increased 3,000% in November, report finds Plus: SoHo startup that recommends best doctors raises $12.5M Specialty Infusion opens Staten Island location Print Telehealth claims increased 2,938% in November, compared to the same month in 2019, according to Fair Health's latest monthly tracker, released Tuesday. The report from Fair Health, a Midtown nonprofit promoting health care cost transparency, covers national and regional telehealth claims dating from January 2020. National telehealth claims were only 0.2% of all claims in November 2019, but a year later they shot up nearly 3,000% to about 6% of claims. The Northeast region, which includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont, had the lowest claims rate pre-pandemic and the highest claims rate of all regions in November. In November 2019 telehealth claims were only 0.08% in the region, but they increased over 8,000%, to 7.2%, a year later.