Dating back to 2013, transitional care management (TCM) is one of the first medical billing code structures to incorporate remote patient monitoring (RPM). But what is transitional care management, exactly? And what does TCM mean in medical billing terms? Here’s a...
What’s the definition of telehealth, and how is it different from remote patient monitoring? Telehealth. Telemedicine. Virtual care. Remote patient monitoring. Many of these terms have become household words in the United States. But what do they really mean, both in...
Why use remote patient monitoring (RPM)? Chances are good that any clinical leader seeking more effective ways to treat and manage patients has asked that question. And today, as RPM gains in popularity among patients and providers across the United States, more and...
One of the newest models of care reimbursed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), principal care management (PCM) was first put in place in 2020. But it was completely overhauled in 2022, with four new principal care management CPT® Codes...
Principal care management (PCM) is a relatively new model of care that reimburses providers for treating patients who have a chronic condition. Although it has similarities with other important care models like chronic care management (CCM) and transitional care...
