74% of Employers Expected To Offer Telehealth by 2016
A new survey by the National Business Group on Health finds that the percentage of large U.S. employers that offer telehealth services is expected to jump from 48% in 2014 to 74% in 2016. Of the firms that currently offer telehealth services, about 50% do so through their health plan, while 22% contract directly with a vendor.
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