HealthLeaders Media November 23, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has added new codes to its 2022 Physician Fee Schedule that will enable care providers to be reimbursed for more home-based services.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– CMS has been incrementally expanding coverage for remote patient monitoring since first recognizing the platform in 2019.
– Through RPM, healthcare providers can use digital health tools and telehealth platforms to improve care management for patients at home, especially those with chronic conditions or who’ve been recently discharged from a hospital.
– The platform has the potential to not only reduce adverse health events, but improve clinical outcomes and promote long-term health and wellness.
Health systems are looking at remote patient monitoring as an emerging piece of the...