Easier Remote Health Monitoring for Rural Residents
This act aims to improve access to remote health monitoring, especially for people living in rural areas. It could make healthcare more accessible and potentially lower treatment costs by allowing doctors to react faster to changes in patients' health. This means better care and potential savings for the Medicare system.
Key points
Increased availability of remote patient monitoring (RPM) for Medicare patients, especially in rural areas where access to doctors is difficult.
Equalization of payment rates for remote monitoring to encourage medical facilities to offer this service regardless of location.
Requirement for remote monitoring to be conducted through systems compatible with electronic health records and to provide real-time access to a physician if anomalies are detected.
Analysis of savings for the Medicare program resulting from earlier interventions and fewer hospitalizations due to remote monitoring.
Introduced
Citizen Poll