E-consults significantly improve care for Medicaid patients by decreasing the need for face-to-face visits and enabling PCPs to address specialty-related issues. You can access the
California State Medicaid manual for provider delivery of telehealth including e-consult. https://files.medi-cal.ca.gov/pubsdoco/publications/masters-mtp/Part2/mednetele.pdf
California State Medicaid letter directing plans to support provider use of telehealth and e-consult.
Connecticut e-consult program generated an average of $84 PPPM savings for specialty-related episode-of-care costs and delivered annualized Medicaid savings of $578,592. https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/abs/10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05124?journalCode=hlthaff
E-consults have the potential to unlock medical expertise for the underserved. https://catalyst.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/CAT.18.0122
E-consults impact total cost savings reducing the cost of cardiac outpatient procedures. https://www.ajmc.com/view/a-costeffectiveness-analysis-of-cardiology-econsults-for-medicaid-patients