Healthy Byte: CMS Remote Patient Monitoring Update

This week, the Senate Finance Committee released a plan to improve the Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) program to address workforce shortages, and the DC Circuit Court ruled that manufacturers can limit the number of contract pharmacies dispensing 340B drugs.

Tania Khan and Sean Sullivan examine CMS’s clarifications on RPM and RTM services in the 2024 Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule.

Jane Lucas, Elinor Hiller, and Sean Sullivan share their impressions from the HIMSS Conference, discuss the intersection of federal policy and health technology, share insights from CMS conference presentations, and highlight top lines from a brand-new Office for the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) proposed rule.

This week, CMS issued its annual Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule and HHS issued proposed rules that would implement health IT provisions and increase HIPAA protections for reproductive care. Read more about these actions and other news below.