RPM Devices: Medicare Requirements and Options by Condition
Choose the measurement first, then the device. Compare patient fit, cellular and Bluetooth connections, and the evidence your practice needs before buying at scale.
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CMS's 2027 RPM/RTM Proposal: Why Practices That Own Their Clinical Work Are Best Positioned
CMS proposes limiting billable RPM and RTM clinical-staff work to direct employees of the billing practice beginning in 2027. Practices that own the clinical work, documentation, patient relationship, and program economics are best positioned for what comes next.
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CMS Just Tied RPM Rates to Hospital Data. Here's Why That Creates New Risk for Your Practice.
For years, Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) rates were set using data from office-based practices. Starting in 2026, CMS will now use auditable cost data from Hospital Outpatient Departments (OPPS) to set the rates for some PFS technical services, explicitly in...
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APCM Eligibility, Attribution, and Continuity: Why CMS Now Treats Them as One System
CMS has fused APCM eligibility, practitioner attribution, and continuity into a single monthly operating system. Billing without that coherence now creates denial and audit exposure. If you are treating these as three separate checkboxes, you are already be...
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Virtual Direct Supervision in Medicare 2026: What It Enables - and What It Does Not
CMS permanently adopted virtual direct supervision for services furnished after December 31, 2025. That sounds like a green light for remote care management, but it is narrower than most practices think. It changes where the supervisor can be, not what can...
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Percentage-of-Collections Vendor Contracts: Why Revenue Share in RPM, CCM, and RTM Creates AKS and Stark Risk
If your RPM, CCM, or RTM vendor is charging a percentage of collections, you may have a federal fraud-and-abuse problem that neither of you is talking about. It is the most common vendor pricing model in remote care, and it is structurally the hardest to de...
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Telepharmacy vs. Clinic-Partnered Remote Care: Why Most Independent Pharmacies Are Choosing the Wrong Model
Independent pharmacies are being told they need to "diversify revenue." The default answer from industry consultants is telepharmacy - remote dispensing to underserved areas. That is a real business, but it is not the same business as clinical services re...
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Eating Disorders and CCM: Why Primary Care Teams Are Missing a Billable Care Management Opportunity
Eating disorders are not just a behavioral health problem. They are a chronic medical condition that requires ongoing primary care coordination, medical monitoring, medication review, nutrition support, family communication, and escalation planning. If your...
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