Given the benefits of patient remote monitoring for patients and providers alike, it’s no surprise that the use of this technology is growing faster than ever. And that’s led to a rise in the demand medical devices like the RPM scale, which can be leveraged to better...
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...
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...
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...
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...
