Medical experts could soon offer guidance on the next step in the evolution of billing codes for remote patient monitoring (RPM).
This month, the American Medical Association’s Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Editorial Panel meeting proposed agenda includes consideration of 15 codes or revised codes used for remote monitoring of patients.
“If we look maybe two or three years down the road, we will not only see a shift in the way that patients and clinicians work, but we will see health start to improve by catching illnesses earlier. And this data is coming about through wearables and patient data and the connections that all of those require. This data will help power machine learning and AI that will lead to the discovery of new and better ways to (treat) both common and rare illnesses, and that leads us into more personalized treatments and personalized medicine.”
—Joe Cutrell, Director of Strategy & Innovation, AT&T Business