Healthcare IT News December 20, 2021
Bill Siwicki

A physician expert in virtual care talks technological advances, reimbursement legislation and the continued evolution of remote patient monitoring.

2020 and 2021 saw the mainstreaming of telehealth and the rise of remote patient monitoring. These changes to the healthcare landscape were helped partly by requirements of the COVID-19 pandemic and partly by the subsequent loosening of telemedicine reimbursement and licensure regulations by the government.

But what’s to happen in 2022? Will the government and commercial payers continue to reimburse for telemedicine? Will new virtual-care legislation pass? Will there be technological advances that push the care paradigm further forward? And what of the future of remote patient monitoring?

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Topics: Digital Health, Health IT, Interview / Q&A, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Technology, Telehealth, Trends
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