decisionhealth Newsletters, Part B News - 2022 Issue 9 (September)
5 specialties led the charge for adopting remote physiologic monitoring
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Article Overview
This article reviews specialty-level trends in remote physiologic monitoring (RPM) reporting using Medicare Part B data for 2019 and 2020. It is aimed at coding, billing, and practice management readers who want to understand which specialties were most active in RPM adoption, how reporting changed over time, and why the topic mattered during a period of evolving coding requirements and the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Why This Topic Matters
RPM billing expanded quickly across several specialties, and understanding utilization trends helps readers gauge adoption patterns, operational demand, and the broader coding environment for these services during 2019–2020.
Article Sections
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Benchmark of the week
Introduces the article’s Medicare Part B analysis of remote physiologic monitoring reporting and frames the specialty-level comparison across 2019 and 2020.
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Specialty reporting trends
Summarizes which specialties were the leading reporters of RPM services and notes the groups that showed notable growth over the study period.
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Coding and pandemic context
Places the reporting trends in the broader context of RPM code revisions, newly introduced services, and the COVID-19 public health emergency.
What You Will Learn
- How the article analyzes specialty-level remote physiologic monitoring reporting trends.
- Which broad types of specialties were prominent in RPM service adoption.
- How changes in the RPM coding environment and the pandemic affected the reporting context.
- What the article uses as the basis for comparing reporting activity across two years.
Who Should Read This
- Medical coders
- Billing staff
- Practice managers
- Revenue cycle professionals
- Healthcare consultants
- Physician group administrators
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