mHealth Intelligence May 30, 2024
The meteoric rise in RPM use among Medicaid patients during the pandemic was due to a small number of providers and female and chronic disease patients.
Remote physiologic monitoring (RPM) use among Medicaid patients increased by more than 1,300 percent from 2019 to 2021, driven primarily by a small proportion of healthcare providers, and female and chronic disease patients, new research shows.
Published in Health Affairs, the study examined the uptake of RPM by Medicaid beneficiaries. RPM involves using tools like wearable devices and mobile applications to transmit patient data, such as heart rate, blood pressure, and blood oxygen levels, to healthcare providers.
The study authors note that in 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) adopted new...
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