Fierce Healthcare October 31, 2018
CMS will allow home health providers to build remote monitoring into Medicare cost reports.
Beginning Jan. 1, 2020, home health providers will be allowed to build the costs of remote monitoring technology into Medicare reimbursement, according to a new rule finalized by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday.
The rule (PDF), which includes a $420 million pay increase for home health agencies next year, would not allow home health providers to bill directly for remote monitoring technology, but instead, include the costs in Medicare cost report forms.
CMS noted that the new flexibility would further the adoption of technologies that allow patients to receive care at home and “share more live-time data with their providers...
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