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...
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...
Chronic care management (CCM) is a model of care recognized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for the treatment of chronic care patients. First introduced in 2015, CPT® Code 99490 for CCM services has been joined by four other CPT Codes in the...
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...
We’re only a couple of months into 2022, but we’re already seeing some exciting progress on the use of remote therapeutic monitoring. New CPT® Codes extending reimbursement to remotely-delivered therapeutic services are now in effect. Some enterprising providers have...
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)...
