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Cellular Connected Medical Devices earn up to $2600/yr per patient!
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REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING SERVICE
Currently, we offer four different types of monitoring devices: Blood Pressure Cuff, Weight Scale, Glucose Meter, and Oximeter. The remote patient monitoring devices we use are ready the moment they arrive at the patient’s location and offer a more user-friendly approach than many of our competitors.
Blood Pressure Cuffs
Connection: SIM card enabled
Conditions for use: Hypertension, Coronary Heart disease, Heart Failure, COPD, Renal Failure, Diabetes
A blood pressure device includes an inflatable cuff that collapses and releases the artery under the cuff in a controlled manner while mercury or aneroid manometer measures the pressure.
Glucose Meter
Connection: SIM card enabled
Conditions for use: Diabetes, Renal Failure, Hypoglycemia, Liver Disorders
Glucose meters/monitors, also known as biosensors, are used to monitor a patient’s blood sugar levels. They work by analyzing a small amount of blood resulting from a fingertip being lightly pricked.
Weight Scales
Connection: SIM card enabled
Conditions for use: Obesity, Renal Failure, Pulmonary Edema
A weight scale is a device that is placed on the floor, and after being turned on, the patient steps on it, and then waits for the reading. Some devices also offer readings such as BMI (body mass index).
Oximeter
Connection: SIM card enabled
Conditions used for: Asthma, COPD, COVID-19
Pulse oximetry is a test that measures the oxygen level (also known as saturation) in the blood. This test measures how well oxygen is being sent to other parts of the body – such as vital organs and extremities furthest from your heart.
REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING
Your practice can provide better services to keep your chronic care patients healthy with connected devices covered by insurance using Medek RPM’s full-service Remote Patient Monitoring program and earn up to $2,600/year/patient in additional revenue. (Rates may vary by zip code and billing consistencies)
CPT CODE 99454
CPT Code 99454 Device supply with daily recording and programmed alerts
CPT CODE 99457
CPT Code 99457 Clinician spends 20 minutes in a calendar month on care management services.
CPT CODE 99458
CPT Code 99458 The collection & interpretation of patient data by QHCP; minimum 30 min/month
CPT CODE 99453
CPT Code 99453 Initial set-up and patient education on the use of equipment
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You have questions. wE have answers.
By providing Remote Patient Monitoring, also known as Remote Physiologic Monitoring, a practice offers better healthcare and improves healthcare practice revenues. Using connected devices, physicians can monitor patients with diabetes, hypertension, COPD, and other chronic diseases remotely and receive reimbursement through CMS’s CPT codes for Remote Patient Monitoring.
Using CMS CPT Code 99453, physicians will be reimbursed simply for starting a Remote Patient Monitoring service, also known as Remote Physiologic Monitoring. Using CPT Code 99453, CMS returns approximately $19 to set up connected scales, blood pressure cuffs, glucose meters, and more per patient (per relevant device). The reimbursement also pays to train patients on how to use the connected devices to help monitor chronic illnesses, like diabetes, COPD, hypertension, and even some acute diseases like COVID-19.
Under CMS CPT Code 99454, physicians are reimbursed for the daily monitoring of patients using Remote Patient Monitoring, also known as Remote Physiologic Monitoring. Every day patients use their connected devices – such as scales and blood pressure cuffs for hypertension, oximeters for COPD, and glucose meters for diabetes – the healthcare data transfers to care professionals, showing the physician critical changes in a patient’s illness and allowing for new treatments to start before it becomes critical. Patients must successfully record 16 days worth of data per 30 day period in order for the CPT Code 99454 to become billable.
With CMS’ CPT Code 99457, physicians are reimbursed for doing what is at the heart of the practice – working with patients. This reimbursement does not require a patient visit. It is 20 minutes combined over one month to ensure the data being provided keeps the patient healthy while receiving treatment for chronic conditions such as diabetes, COPD, and hypertension. This can include data analysis and review, equipment upkeep, and patient interaction (anything from a phone call to a Zoom or other video communication to an in-office visit where this data is reviewed).
While CMS CPT Code 99457 reimburses physicians for the first 20 minutes of interaction with patients, CMS CPT Code 99458 covers the additional time needed to properly care for patients with Remote Patient Monitoring, also known as Remote Physiologic Monitoring. This ensures patients treated with chronic illnesses and chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and COPD can receive extra care by the team of care professionals working through remote patient monitoring to keep patients healthy. This code CANNOT be billed as a standalone code and must always be paired with CPT Code 99457.
We know most providers have their favorite billing system, but our billers ONLY DEAL WITH RPM and we offer a very reasonable billing service fee to ensure you get the most our of our services, and ensure the best overall revenue outcomes. Many times, we are less expensive than your normal billers when compared!
