For almost 10 years now, health care providers have been using transitional care management (TCM) codes to receive reimbursement for treating patients with complex medical conditions during the immediate post-discharge period. Here’s a closer look at both TCM codes...
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...
The use of remote patient monitoring (RPM) devices in healthcare has grown by leaps and bounds over the past decade, and especially in just the past few years. There are a number of reasons for this, including: The COVID-19 pandemic. The need to treat more patients at...
Though it’s technically been around for decades, virtual care is a relatively new concept in healthcare. And thanks to emerging value-based models and new reimbursement allowances, it’s also being utilized more and more to help improve access and quality of patient...
Updates to the billing and reimbursement of remote patient monitoring (RPM) have been in effect since January 1, 2022. As we briefly explained in a recent post here at the CareSimple blog, these new RPM codes from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)...