Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG): Additional Oversight of Remote Patient Monitoring in Medicare is Needed

HHS OIG released a report, examining RPM in Medicare. HHS OIG found:

The use of remote patient monitoring in Medicare increased dramatically from 2019 to 2022.
About 43 percent of enrollees who received remote patient monitoring did not receive all 3 components of it, raising questions about whether the monitoring is being used as intended.
OIG and CMS have raised concerns about fraud related to remote patient monitoring.
Medicare lacks key information for oversight, including who ordered the monitoring for the enrollee.