Category: Clinical Outcomes
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Sage Journals: Short-Term Impact of Remote Patient Monitoring on Total Cost of Care Among High-Acuity Medicare Beneficiaries: A Retrospective Pre–Post Cohort Analysis
High-acuity Medicare beneficiaries with annual expenditures exceeding $12,000 disproportionately drive the total cost of care (TCOC) through preventable acute utilization and are natural candidates for value-based and shared savings arrangements. This study found short-term RPM participation was associated with substantial reductions in TCOC and acute utilization among high-acuity Medicare beneficiaries, supporting RPM as a viable…
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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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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…