Becker's Healthcare March 18, 2024
Some physicians are expressing concern that regulation around remote monitoring has not caught up with the boom of use in the last two years, KFF Health News reported March 18.
Remote monitoring’s boom was sparked during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and has outpaced oversight and evidence of how best to use it, according to experts.
“It is the Wild West, where any patient can get it if a doctor decides it is reasonable or necessary,” Caroline Reignley, a partner with the law firm McDermott Will & Emery who advises health providers, told KFF Health News.
In 2019, Medicare made billing for remote monitoring for routine vital signs easier and removed some of the previous limitations. Physicians can get...
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