Telehealth & Virtual Care by the Numbers: The 2026 Data Brief
The verified statistics that define telehealth & virtual care in 2026, with sources.
Numbers cut through narrative. These are the verified data points our research desk considers most decision-relevant in telehealth & virtual care right now - each drawn from primary sources and our own reporting.
The numbers
1. Telehealth utilization jumped 10.1% in a single quarter and now represents 5.51% of all US medical claim lines, per FAIR Health (our coverage).
2. Medicare telehealth flexibilities run through December 31, 2027, and the hospital-at-home waiver through 2030 (our coverage).
3. Nearly 400 hospitals are CMS-approved to deliver acute hospital care at home (our coverage).
4. Teladoc consolidated its 100-million-visit platform into a single integrated care model this summer (our coverage).
How to read them
Individually, each figure is a snapshot. Together they describe a category where capital is concentrating, regulation is catching up, and proof is displacing promise. When these numbers move, strategy should move with them - which is why each links to the underlying coverage.
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