Tag: Health Policy
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Medicaid: An Overview
Medicaid is a United States health program that provides low-cost or free medical coverage to eligible low-income individuals and families. It is funded by the federal government and run by individual states, which means that each state has its own unique Medicaid program. The program was established in 1965 as part of the Social Security…
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Medicare: A Basic Overview
Medicare is a federal health insurance program in the United States that provides coverage to people who are 65 years or older, certain younger people with disabilities, and people with End-Stage Renal Disease (permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or transplant). In this article, we will explore how Medicare works and what it covers. How Medicare…
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Medicare RPM Policy
Remote-Patient Monitoring Policy Overview By: Robert Longyear In the 2018/2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a rule to allow for reimbursement for remote-physiological monitoring, also known as remote patient monitoring (RPM). RPM involves the transmission of patient-level data from the patient, in a variety of settings…