Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic imposed both constraints and opportunities for innovation in emergency care delivery. Visits to the emergency department (ED) plunged by as much as 42% in the US, resulting in excess morbidity and mortality due to patients deferring or avoiding emergency care. With the declaration of a public health emergency, payors such as Medicare authorized emergency physicians (EPs) to bill for evaluation and management services delivered through telehealth—potentially allowing EPs to project emergency care beyond the four walls of the physical ED.

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