MobiHealth News December 13, 2017
As announced in the final rule in November, starting in 2018, a new reimbursable Improvement Activity is being added to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), which encompasses using digital tools to monitor patients outside the hospital. Three digital health companies that worked with the CMS to bring about the change weighed in today on the news.
“Patient-generated health data is a valuable tool in patient care,” Anne Weiler, cofounder and CEO of Wellpepper said in a statement. “We’re pleased that CMS has recognized this, and is enabling the collection and analysis to be used in demonstrating quality patient care.”
MIPS is a part of the CMS Quality Payment Program created by the Medicare...
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