Lexology September 8, 2025
McDermott Will & Schulte LLP

On August 25, 2025, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report analyzing Medicare billing for remote patient monitoring (RPM) services. With nearly one million Medicare beneficiaries receiving RPM services in 2024, RPM services have been the focus of recent OIG alerts, reports, and workplan items. OIG cites the increase in Medicare payments for RPM services and the potential for these services to lead to fraud, waste, and abuse as the basis for its continued attention to RPM.

This report demonstrates OIG’s continued focus on RPM services. Stakeholders should review their current remote monitoring programs to ensure that RPM services are provided in a manner that is consistent with existing Centers for...

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