Health Care Cost Savings and Utilization Reductions Associated With Virtual Physical Therapy Care: A Propensity-Matched Claims Analysis.

Jenna M Napoleone¹, Susan M Devaraj¹, Madison Noble¹, Christina M Parrinello², Carolyn B Jasik¹, Todd Norwood¹, Ian Livingstone³, Sarah Linke¹

¹Omada Health, Inc., Clinical Department, San Francisco, CA 94111, United States.

²Pine Mountain Consulting, LLC, Redding, CT 06896, United States.

³HealthVerity, Inc., Data Insights & Analytics Department, Philadelphia, PA 19103, United States.

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The objectives of this study were to evaluate the differences in medical costs and health care utilization between patients receiving virtual physical therapy (V-PT) care and patients receiving in-person physical therapy (IP-PT) care (controls) over 6 and 12 months. METHODS: This study used claims data from July 2019 to May 2023. The index date was defined as the initial video (V-PT) o…

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