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The Remote Monitoring Leadership Council Response to Future Directions in Medicare Advantage RFI
The Remote Monitoring Leadership Council (RMLC) submitted a comment to CMS’ Medicare Program; Contract Year 2027 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, and Medicare Cost Plan Program proposed rule on future directions of the Medicare Advantage program. RMLC is encouraged by CMS’ commitment to embracing high-quality, evidence-based,…
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Rural Patient Monitoring Access Act
The Remote Monitoring Leadership Council (RMLC) endorses the Rural Patient Monitoring Access Act (S. 1535/H.R. 3108), introduced by Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mark Warner (D-VA), and Representatives David Kustoff (R-TN), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Troy Balderson (R-OH), and Don Davis (D-NC). The bill would ensure high-quality remote physiologic monitoring services for Medicare beneficiaries. Bill Links – Bill Text | One-Pager…
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Mayo Clinic Proceedings: The Impact of a Remote Patient Care Program on Health Care Costs and Utilization Among Medicare Patients With Chronic Disease
Remote patient monitoring coupled with technology-enabled, guideline-directed clinical care—or remote patient care (RPC)—has consistently led to improved outcomes for Medicare patients with chronic diseases. This retrospective analysis included patients enrolled into an RPC program from July 1, 2022 to October 31, 2023 from primary care and cardiology clinics across 15 states. Findings:
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RMLC Submits Statement to House Ways and Means Hearing on “Modernizing Care Coordination to Prevent and Treat Chronic Disease”
The Remote Monitoring Leadership Council submitted a statement for the record at the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee’s hearing on “Modernizing Care Coordination to Prevent and Treat Chronic Disease”. Remote patient monitoring (RPM) has proven to be a sustainable way to improve chronic care management and, as a result, improve patient outcomes. RPM allows…
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Ensuring High-Quality Care Delivery
As national leaders in remote patient monitoring (RPM), we have committed to a shared set of principles to ensure the delivery of high-quality, patient-centered care and to shape the future of our industry. Recognizing the critical role RPM plays in the future of health care, we endorsed these shared principles to define and uphold standards…
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HealthSnap: RPM and CCM Are Improving Cardiology Patient Outcomes
Across large, real-world populations with diabetes, hypertension, and obesity, participation in RPM has produced substantial and sustained clinical improvements – reductions in TCOC and physiological measures, such as fasting blood glucose, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and meaningful weight loss. These improvements scale with both engagement intensity and program duration. Findings suggest that RPM functions…