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Remote patient monitoring policy: Time for a review of Medicare spending
Author(s)Richard Payerchin
Fact checked by: Todd Shryock
Caroline Pearson, executive director of the Peterson Center on Healthcare, explains a new analysis of use and payment for remote monitoring technologies.
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Medicare began paying for remote patient monitoring in 2019 and it has grown to a $200 million segment of that program’s expenses. How is the technology working for patients, clinically and financially? The Peterson Center on Healthcare,
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