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AMA Weighing Substantial Expansion of Remote Patient Monitoring Codes
Read More →The American Medical Association (AMA) has announced the agenda for its second quarter 2024 CPT Editorial Panel meeting in May, and it includes discussion on what would be a significant and welcome expansion of remote patient monitoring (RPM) and remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) CPT codes.
Thinking about launching a chronic care management program? Looking to grow an existing CCM program? Don't miss our special webinar, "What Chronic Care Management Success Looks Like in 2024," on March 26. Learn more and register! Chronic care management (CCM) made its debut in 2015 when it was rolled out by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as a separately paid service under the Medicare fee schedule. The rationale behind its inception was to offer an avenue of compensation for practitioners who provided care to their patients outside of the normal confines of the average office visit. The introduction of CCM coincidentally led to a more efficient means of care teams proactively engaging and managing patients with problematic chronic diseases, in turn improving outcomes and reducing treatment costs. CCM also gave providers a new opportunity to generate meaning and recurring revenue. Chronic care management has been a win-win for patients and practitioners — and the healthcare system as a whole — for nearly 10 years now.
Considering adding a remote patient monitoring (RPM) program? It's a great time to do so. Statistics show that consumers are embracing RPM. A Harvard Health Letter article notes that nearly 50 million people in the United States currently use remote patient monitoring devices, while a survey shows about 4 in 5 Americans are in favor of using remote patient monitoring.
Prevounce Health, creators of the Prevounce Comprehensive Remote Patient Care Management Program Platform, congratulates Sydney Kasner, recipient of the third annual Prevounce Preventive Health Graduate Scholarship.
Prevounce Health, a leading provider of remote care management software, devices, and services, congratulates Dana Lofton, recipient of the third annual Prevounce Preventive Health Undergraduate Scholarship.
Over the past decade, there has been a huge surge in the availability and popularity of wearable technology. This has largely been driven by the Apple Watch, with credit to the Fitbit, and we are seeing newer technologies over the past few years empowering patients to take more control over their health.
Telehealth has emerged as a viable and valuable delivery care model, with remote patient monitoring (RPM) as one of the most effective forms of virtual care. While not technically a new concept, RPM has been around since the 1960s. Since then, it has expanded and morphed into the useful solution and service it is today while gaining acceptance from practitioners, patients, payers, and the federal government.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Pylo Health, a leading provider of remote patient monitoring devices and partner company to Prevounce, announces the launch of two next-generation patient devices: the Pylo 900-LTE blood pressure monitor and the Pylo 200-LTE weight scale. Both products are clinically validated and connect to multiple cellular networks to better ensure reliable data transmission throughout the United States. The 900-LTE and 200-LTE are available for use with the Prevounce remote care management platform and integrate with independent health applications and management systems via the Pylo cloud API.
February 1, 2024 update: The AMA issued an unexpected and unusual notice that the application for the RPM code redesign had been withdrawn and would not be covered in its 2024 CPT Editorial Panel meeting. No rationale was offered, so we are working to uncover more information. Stay tuned! -------------------- The American Medical Association (AMA) has announced the agenda for its first quarter 2024 CPT Editorial Panel meeting in February, and it includes a surprising proposed full redesign of all remote patient monitoring (RPM) CPT codes.
Available on-demand webinar: Building Successful FQHC and RHC Remote Patient Monitoring Programs * * * The 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule included news of great interest to federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and rural health clinics (RHCs), with perhaps no developments bigger thanCMSfinalizing its policy to reimburse FQHCs and RHCs for remote patient monitoring and remote therapeutic monitoring services.
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