Category: Policy Watch
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Rural Medicare Patients Get the Worst RPM Reimbursement in the States That Need It Most
Policy Watch A structural inequity built into Medicare’s reimbursement formulas penalizes remote patient monitoring in the places where chronic disease burden is highest and specialist access is lowest. The geographic payment index used to calculate RPM reimbursement means providers in Mississippi and Arkansas receive approximately $84–$85 per enrolled patient per month, while the national average…