One of the biggest hurdles to clinicians and clinical systems adopting new digital health tools has been how to be reimbursed for this type of care. On Thursday, November 2, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released Final Rules for the 2018 Quality Payment Program (QPP) and 2018 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) that both expand telehealth services and restructure remote patient monitoring payments, changes that were in line with what a broad range of provider and health IT groups, including the AMA, were recommending. This panel will discuss the new CMS rules and concrete ways of how clinicians can make sure they’re reimbursed for using remote patient monitoring and telemedicine tools, thoughts on if the new rules went far enough for 2018, and what can be improved in the future.
