New KFF Brief Takes a Closer Look at “Tele-PrEP” and the Future of PrEP Services in the United States

In 2020, solely 25% of people that may benefit from pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a drugs that reduces the danger of buying HIV, had been prescribed it. Utilizing telehealth to offer PrEP, “tele-PrEP,” is a brand new strategy that exhibits potential for increasing entry to PrEP use in the USA that predates the COVID-19 pandemic.

A brand new KFF evaluation takes a deep dive into the tele-PrEP panorama, from the kinds of suppliers providing the service to the successes of the modality and the boundaries that stay. Drawing from in-depth interviews with representatives from main telehealth corporations who supply PrEP, in addition to different kinds of suppliers, the KFF research finds a spread of fashions are being utilized to offer the service, and appreciable variation in tele-PrEP supply approaches by supplier. These variations have implications for purchasers, suppliers, and companies.

Whereas tele-PrEP gives a further avenue for accessing providers for some, questions stay about its potential to beat boundaries regarding insurance coverage and the function it may well play in rising uptake and addressing persistent disparities in utilization.