Home Health Care News May 9, 2019
While telemonitoring is often facilitated through tablets or smartphones using the internet, AT&T and remote patient monitoring company Anelto Health are hoping to change the game with their new in-home technology for seniors.
The two-way cellular hub, called HomeAssure, is already being used by at least five home health agencies, creators say. On top of that, it comes as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to expand reimbursement options for remote patient monitoring, a prospect one leader from the telecommunications company described as “exciting.”
“Unfortunately, due to the way our health care system works, until you have an effective reimbursement system to provide the correct incentives, you don’t get technologies like this being adopted at the rate...