Novitas Bends To Stakeholder Pressure, Opens MAC RPM Meeting To Subject Experts

In a rare move, Medicare Administrative Contractors bent to stakeholder pressure and will let subject experts participate in a potentially high-stakes meeting next month that could determine CMS’ future coverage of remote physiologic monitoring (RPM) and remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) devices -- devices that are viewed as key to the future expansion of telehealth. Novitas Solutions, the lead for the Feb. 28 Contractor Advisory Committee meeting, posted information on its website Friday evening (Jan. 25) notifying stakeholders it would accept...