Chronic care management and remote patient monitoring both take place outside the traditional healthcare setting, and are effective in early detection of negative health trends and prevention of acuities in… read more →
5 Reasons for doctors, hospitals, and health systems to participate in remote patient monitoring By Tamara Salmen CMS has introduced 5 new codes for Remote Patient Monitoring, in addition to… read more →
Medical apps are only one of three parts to sustainable success with mHealth initiatives. Part I. Patient Engagement There has been much research performed on mHealth, aka medical apps and… read more →
In January 2018, CPT 99091 began for the first time paying $59 per patient, per month. Billable Now. CPT Code 99091 Collection and interpretation of physiologic data (eg, ECG, blood… read more →
The lines between medical devices and mobile health technology are becoming increasingly unclear. In fact, today’s smart phones can function as a glucometer, EKG, pulse ox and even control insulin… read more →
As part of the 2017 Fee Schedule, CMS is proposing improvements to Chronic Care Management and reducing some of the burden for providers. While ChronicCareIQ already reduces the administrative burdens of… read more →
Medicare’s payment reform, CCM or Chronic Care Management, was first released in January of 2015 and promised reimbursement to practices that could demonstrate 20 minutes of non-face-to-face time spent managing… read more →
For the fourth year in a row, healthcare proves the adage: what can’t be measured can’t be managed. This year, 2,592 hospitals will lose $420 Million in revenue on penalties associated with… read more →
The number of consumers using home health technologies will grow from 14 Million to more than 78 Million by 2020. It’s not if, it’s when. A recent study done at… read more →
WOW! A new study out of Partners in Boston showed that Remote Patient Monitoring of cardiac heart failure patients not only reduced hospitalization over 120 days, it also reduced mortality… read more →