Connecting patients improves populations bottom-lines outcomes health

Part 2 of a series   In the first post of this series, we looked at the big picture of how technology-based remote patient monitoring (RPM) can help improve outcomes and lower the cost of managing high-risk patients – especially those with multiple chronic conditions. Without a doubt, it all…

Part 1 of a series   It’s no secret that chronic conditions such as diabetes, congestive heart failure (CHF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and cancer are pervasive in America – and on the rise. In fact, a 2014 Rand study found that 60 percent of Americans had at least…

Unbundling CPT code for Remote Patient Monitoring in 2018 was a good start, but we were are very excited to see the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) formalize better payment for Remote patient monitoring in the CY 2019 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule. For the last few days,…

I read this article a few weeks ago and it reinforced what I have believed all along, and that is, we are in a relationship business, not a technology business. We just happen to have software that supports the relationship business we are in. With all of the “cool” gadgets…

Dealing with natural disasters in healthcare can be very difficult because you are concerned with both your patient's safety and your own safety.  We often get asked by our customers if we have suggestions for how to plan for natural disasters like hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes, or even just power outages.…

By now you’ve probably heard that the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS) has issued its proposed 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program. While it contains a number of changes that affect physician documentation of care, drug pricing, and transparency, there are also three items that…

A great article written by Vivify Health CEO, Eric Rock, published today on Becker's Health IT & CIO Report... https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/when-you-build-it-and-they-don-t-come-why-remote-patient-monitoring-completes-the-patient-engagement-circuit.html "When patient portals were first mandated under Meaningful Use (MU), the idea was to facilitate two-way communication between providers and patients. They got it half right. The portals were built,…

“The expansion of IoT in the home [really excites me],” said Bill Paschall, VP of development at Vivify Health. He’s interested in seeing how healthcare companies create apps that integrate into the voice-controlled devices already in consumers’ homes."... Watch the FULL VIDEO on Samsung's Insights blog.

Check out this very informative white paper from Nonin (one of our vendors) on the successes seen in COPD 30-day readmission rates. http://www.nonin.com/documents/WhitePaper_COPDReadmissionReductionProgram.pdf

Some great articles summarizing the current movement on expanding reimbursement for Remote Patient Care... https://mhealthintelligence.com/news/mhealth-telehealth-groups-lobby-cms-for-better-rpm-reimbursement https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/ama-industry-leaders-call-on-cms-to-expand-remote-patient-monitoring-reimb/525452/