CTIA, Others Urge DHS To Support Connected Healthcare
Wireless and various healthcare groups filed comments at the Department of Health and Human Services underscoring the importance of wireless devices in medicine. DHS’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) sought comment as it prepares rules for physician reimbursement.…
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Tools “ranging from wireless health products, mobile medical device data systems, converged medical devices, and cloud-based patient portals (to name a few) are revolutionizing the medical care industry by allowing the incorporation of patient-generated health data (PGHD) into the continuum of care,” the filing said. Despite many benefits, connected health technology is “largely ignored by the current Medicare system,” the filing said. “Remote monitoring technologies, which are mostly dependent on technologies disallowed as telehealth services, are unreasonably restrained by CMS’ decision to bundle monitoring with other codes, resulting in a lack of reimbursement for remote monitoring solutions.” CTIA, NTCA, Qualcomm and 29 other organizations signed the filing.