CMS delays until 2029 rule to stop remote patient monitoring payments

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is delaying until Jan. 1, 2029 a proposal to end Medicare payment for remote patient monitoring provided by health technology companies that contract with healthcare providers. The agency delayed the proposal after receiving hundreds of comments saying its proposal would disproportionately affect rural facilities that lack the resources to staff remote patient monitoring positions. CMS said it issued the proposal to address fraud and improper billing. Virtual care lobbyists pledged to work with the agency in the next two years to reduce the potential for fraud while ensuring that CMS continues paying for remote patient monitoring provided by health technology companies that contract with health providers. (Healthcare Dive article, 11/9/26)