Healthcare Finance News December 29, 2025
Susan Morse

The insurer was set to limit reimbursement, starting Jan. 1, 2026, for remote physiologic services to heart failure and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.

UnitedHealthcare is delaying implementation of a policy limiting coverage for remote physiologic monitoring.

Starting Jan. 1, 2026, the insurer was set to limit reimbursement for remote patient monitoring of physiologic services to two conditions, heart failure and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.

UnitedHealthcare is reportedly delaying the policy until later in the year.

WHY THIS MATTERS

According to policy posted by the insurer, with an effective date of Jan. 1, 2026, Remote Physiologic Monitoring (RPM) is proven and medically necessary when the individual has heart failure and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.

Remote Physiologic Monitoring is “unproven...

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