decisionhealth Newsletters, Part B News - 2023 Issue 4 (April)
Track other providers’ remote monitoring programs to guide your practice
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Article Overview
This article summarizes observations from a multi-jurisdiction Medicare contractor advisory committee meeting focused on non-implantable remote monitoring. It is aimed at practices considering RPM or RTM programs and describes how participating providers think about patient selection, clinical use cases, and program design across several specialties and care settings. The piece also references broader operational considerations, including use in Medicare and non-Medicare populations and links to meeting resources.
Why This Topic Matters
Remote monitoring programs can support different clinical workflows depending on specialty, patient population, and practice capacity. Understanding how peer providers structure these programs can help practices evaluate whether RPM or RTM may fit their patients and operations.
Article Sections
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Meeting overview and purpose
Introduces the multi-jurisdiction contractor advisory committee meeting and the general focus on non-implantable remote monitoring across provider types and patient populations.
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Patients with hypertension, diabetes, CHF
Describes one provider organization’s approach to identifying patients for remote monitoring and the general chronic disease groups discussed.
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High-risk heart failure patients
Summarizes a cardiology-based remote monitoring clinic’s patient population and the broad clinical factors used to define higher-risk cases.
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Medication adherence by high-risk patients
Covers use of remote therapeutic monitoring in a chronic pain and substance use disorder practice, including the types of patients discussed and related monitoring goals.
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Knee replacement patients
Reviews an orthopedic and physical therapy use case for remote therapeutic monitoring in postoperative rehabilitation.
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PT for musculoskeletal, neuromuscular conditions
Summarizes physical therapy uses of remote therapeutic monitoring and broad patient-selection considerations discussed for home-based care.
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Skin temperature monitoring to detect ulceration risk
Describes a podiatry-focused remote physiologic monitoring use case centered on ulceration risk and diagnosis categories discussed in the article.
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Resources
Lists the meeting resources and reference materials provided at the end of the article.
What You Will Learn
- How providers across specialties think about starting a remote monitoring program
- Common clinical scenarios discussed for remote physiologic monitoring and remote therapeutic monitoring
- General factors providers consider when selecting patients for remote monitoring
- How practices may use meeting discussion to compare program design approaches
- Where to find referenced meeting resources and recordings
Who Should Read This
- Physicians
- Practice administrators
- Medical coders
- Compliance staff
- Care management teams
- Physical therapists
- Specialty clinic leaders
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