The Future of Telehealth and Its Impact on Primary Care

Health Affairs

Join Health Affairs Tuesday, September 24, for a virtual event examining the future of telehealth and its impact on primary care.

Despite being a care delivery option for decades, the future of telehealth is uncertain.

Congress has yet to pass a permanent law to extend the COVID-19 pandemic’s telehealth payment policies. With that, the right balance between telehealth and in-person visits both for patients and providers is unclear as both groups get used to new workflows.

At the heart of this lies a central question: How can telehealth evolve to increase access to primary care, reduce costs, and improve people’s day-to-day health? And what policies are needed to make sure this happens?

Join Health Affairs and a panel of esteemed guests as they tackle these questions. As part of our Practice of Medicine series, the forum will feature researchers diving into their latest findings on the topic and other experts in the field discussing telehealth, primary care, and the policy choices facing lawmakers and health care leaders.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Carter Nakamoto, Stanford University
• Ateev Mehrotra, Brown University
• Mei Kwong, Center for Connected Health Policy
• Gillian Steelfisher, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
• Gary Price, The Physicians Foundation
• Ripley Hollister, The Physicians Foundation
• Jiani Yu, Cornell University
• Nathan Pauly, Manatt Health Strategies
• Stephen North, The Center for Rural Health Innovation

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