Physicians Practice March 4, 2021
Compliance must be an integral component of a practice’s RPM program.
In news that has largely flown under the radar, the Office of Inspector General recently announced that the Centers Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will be conducting a series of audits of Medicare Part B telehealth services over two phases. Among the services named in these audits is remote patient monitoring (RPM).
For practices that have already established RPM programs or those that are thinking about launching a program, this news is significant. It will be some time before we find out what auditors are focusing on and discovering during these audits. However, there are a few areas where practices are more likely to get tripped up...