Elizabeth Hodge will speak on a panel at a session titled, “There’s No Place Like Home: Remote Patient Monitoring to Help Dorothy Stay in Kansas while Avoiding the Twister of Regulatory Risks and Bringing Technicolor to the Possibilities of RPM and RTM” at the 2024 Advising Providers: Legal Strategies for AMCs, Physicians, and Hospitals program, presented by the American Health Law Association (AHLA).

Ms. Hodge and her co-presenters will discuss the promises of Remote Physiological Monitoring (RPM) and Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) while explaining the regulatory and reimbursement rules approaches to overcome operational challenges, and contractual relationships with remote care delivery partners, including:

• A summary of current reimbursement rules and the most recent changes in the 2024 Physician Fee Schedule final rule.
• Privacy and security concerns.
• Partnering with third parties, including fraud & abuse implications, supervision issues,  referral partners relationships, and contractual issues.
• Use of technology in RPM and RTM, including vetting technology providers, types of devices, availability and access to broadband, and privacy & security considerations.
• Use of RPM and RTM to address health equity goals and health care disparity, especially in rural areas,  and addressing low technology literacy.
• Operational considerations in implementing and operating RPM/RTM, including data flows and integration challenges.
• The intersection of RPM and RTM with broader patient care management services and in-person care.
• Mitigating risks related to use of RPM and RTM, including documentation and overutilization concerns.