Remote Patient Monitoring

How Remote Patient Monitoring Can Change At-Home Cancer Care

February 5, 2024 - Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is changing the chronic disease management landscape by allowing clinicians to track patient outcomes and assess their needs on a continuous or near-continuous basis. In cancer care, remote monitoring can help clinicians manage symptoms and provide timely treatment for patients, enhancing patient outcomes and experience. This is what Glen Peterson, DNP,...

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Cigna-Humana Merger Called Off, Providers See Surge in Audits

by Editorial Staff

Major payers Cigna and Humana have dissolved their merger plans, according to the Wall Street Journal. Rumors emerged that the two payers were in talks about a merger in late November 2023, but...

How Remote Patient Monitoring Is Changing Chronic Disease Management

by Kelsey Waddill

Remote patient monitoring tools can improve chronic disease management and patient records, but healthcare stakeholders also must grapple with the accessibility and reimbursement challenges that these...

OIG Identifies Unnecessary Denials, Delays by Medicare Advantage Plans

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

The Medicare Advantage program has proven quite lucrative for commercial health plans over the years, but a federal agency is calling into question whether certain business practices are leading to...

Feds Talk Health Equity, GE introduces Digital Health Platform at HIMSS22

by Hayden Schmidt

This week, in Orlando, FL, senior executives from healthcare providers and payer organizations are sharing their technology accomplishments and new product developments. HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf opened the conference Tuesday by highlighting the...

Another Payer Launches a Remote Patient Monitoring Program

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

With remote patient monitoring proving to be a valuable tool for timely and effective care management, more and more payers are standing up their own RPM programs to benefit their members and...

How Telephonic Remote Patient Monitoring Makes a Real Difference

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Healthcare organizations are looking at a combination of technology and community partnerships to remove obstacles in the way of underserved populations from accessing and benefitting from...

Top Trends in Healthcare Technology, Cybersecurity in 2022

by Kelsey Waddill

This new year presents a very unique opportunity in the history of healthcare technology and cybersecurity. “The last two years, while they've certainly been tragic and very...

Walmart Looks to Expand Its Healthcare Presence to Self-Funded Plans

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

The leading retailer continues to make in-roads in the healthcare space, now with an offering aimed at self-funded employer health plans. Walmart Partnership Takes Aim Self-Funded Employer Health...

Data Mining Reveals Potential New Alzheimer’s Treatment

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

A retrospective study of brain tissue samples and FDA-approved may have stumbled on an existing therapy for Alzheimer's disease. Commonly Used Pill Gives Hope for Individuals with...

Pediatric Price Transparency Information Nearly Non-Existent

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

While the pandemic has likely drawn the bulk of interest over the past two years, healthcare price transparency has returned to the fore and new evidence suggests hospitals are not doing their...

Preventive Care Takes Pandemic Hit, Results in Missed Diagnoses

by Hayden Schmidt

The normal course of preventive care procedures was broken during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in thousands of missed cancer diagnoses in 2020. Using private insurance claims data, Insights by Xtelligent Healthcare Media...

Healthcare Bankruptcies Trend Down, Not Up During Pandemic

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Labor Day signals an end to the summer but not the coronavirus as back-to-school begins in earnest. Moderna Submits Data for COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Moderna recently submitted initial data to the...

Medicare Hospital Reimbursement Set for 2.5% Increase in 2022

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Let me tell you: A week away from work feels great. Now it's time to turn our attention back to healthcare. Medicare’s Inpatient Payments Will Increase 2.5% in 2022 CMS has finalized an...

Hospitals Fall Short of Price Transparency Rule Compliance

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Hospitals were never thrilled with the Hospital Price Transparency rule, and a recent independent review shows they have done little to comply with the regulation aimed at helping consumers choose...

CMS Announces Rate Changes; Physician Fee Schedule to Include RPM

by Emily Sokol, MPH

In this week’s policy update, proposed CMS rate changes would alter hospital outpatient and ambulatory surgical center payments and the 2022 Physician Fee Schedule aims to include reimbursement...

How to Increase Provider Utilization of Remote Patient Monitoring

by Kelsey Waddill

Remote patient monitoring (RPM) took off during the coronavirus pandemic, but the industry will have to take decisive steps in order to build on that momentum, according to Eric Wicklund, senior editor...

GoodRx Boosts Billions in Savings for American Consumers; Epic Systems Gains Traction in Population Health Management Technology

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

In perhaps a wake-up call to pharmaceutical companies, pharmacy benefit managers, and payers, data from GoodRx shows that its platform has generated $30 billion in savings for consumers to date. In...

Post-Pandemic Telehealth Optimization Needs Regulatory Support

by Emily Sokol, MPH

Live video conferencing is the most common telehealth technology employed by provider organizations, so post-pandemic telehealth growth is expected for other telehealth modalities like remote patient...

HHS Warns Against COVID-19 Vaccination Costs to Patients; Recapping FDA’s Controversial Approval of Biogen’s Adulhem

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

It’s been a busy week in healthcare, beginning with FDA’s approval of Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm, which continues to draw the ire of industry experts across the...

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