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Trends in the proportion of buprenorphine inductions conducted via telemedicine among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries (January 2020 through May 2021). The denominator is the total number of buprenorphine inductions in a given month. Numerator is the number of buprenorphine inductions delivered via telemedicine. During the COVID-19 pandemic (March 13, 2020, through May 2021), we identified 22,569 inductions, 3,212 (14.7%) of which occurred via telemedicine.
