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1, 2024 update: The AMA issued an unexpected and unusual notice that the application for the RPM code redesign had been withdrawn and would not be covered in its 2024 CPT Editorial Panel meeting.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.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule. Coming in at nearly 3,000 pages, the rule finalizes many significant additions and changes in areas including remote services, care management services, and preventive services. Below we highlightsome of the most notable developments.Prevounce CEO Daniel Tashnek, JD, will explorethese and other takeaways from the final rule during a webinar on Thursday, November 16, at 2:00 PM EST, which you can register for here.
What does an independent practice need to do to achieve success with a remote patient monitoring (RPM) program? Rob Cushman, CEO of Dunwoody Village Clinic in Georgia, explained how he created and implemented the practice's RPM program and has since overseen its impressive growth in a webinar hosted by Prevounce. The recording of the webinar is now available on-demand.
$2.5M in additional funding brings Series A total to $7M and will further support product development and team scaling INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Prevounce Health, a leading provider of remote care management software, devices, and services, today announced the closing of $2.5 million in new Series A funding led by Cloud Hill Partners and Michael Hammond, former co-founder of Hammond Hanlon Camp LLC and H2C Securities, with participation from additional returning investors. The company has now raised $7 million in total Series A funding and will use the latest financing to advance its product and service offerings and scale its team to meet growing market demand.
Registration is open for the Prevounce webinar, "Building a Successful Remote Patient Monitoring Program in Independent Practice." The 45-minute program is scheduled for Tuesday, October 17, at 2:00 PM EDT.
Arthritis is probably one of the most bothersome and frustrating health issues patients face. Classified as both degenerative and chronic, arthritis not only produces pain, but it can also increase symptoms of anxiety and depression, impact independence, contribute to sleep problems, and lead to a host of other chronic health issues due to neglectful self-management of the disorder. Fortunately, patients with the two most common types of arthritis — osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis — are eligible for participation in both chronic care management (CCM) and remote patient monitoring (RPM) services.
The 2024 physician fee schedule (PFS) proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) had a number of noteworthy proposals. Among them: three potential new care management services intended to help patients, including those with unmet social determinants of health (SDOH) needs and cancer, better navigate and overcome barriers to receiving services and support. These services, which CMS indicated it would pay for separately, are community health integration (CHI), principal illness navigation (PIN), and social determinants of health risk assessments.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS) has included numerous proposed changes and additions to remote monitoring and care management in its 2024 physician fee schedule (PFS) proposed rule. We explored the key changes and other important takeaways providers must know about from the proposed rule in a special webinar on July 25 (watch the on-demand recording).
In its 2024 physician fee schedule (PFS) proposed rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is proposing the development and reimbursement of a new service it's calling "principal illness navigation," or PIN.
