HHS’ Office of the Inspector General issued an alert Nov. 22 notifying Medicare beneficiaries of a fraud scheme that improperly bills Medicare for the monitoring, set up and education codes of remote monitoring devices that are not medically necessary. But virtual care advocates say the scheme OIG points to is not actually RPM fraud, but rather durable medical equipment and pharmacy fraud. One virtual care advocate compared the RPM fraud alert with the HHS OIG and Justice Department’s telemarketing DME...

The Interstate Medical Licensure Compact (IMLCC), one of the country’s largest medical practitioner licensure compacts, announced a partnership with software company Mocingbird to implement a provider-focused platform that will simplify the licensure process, certification compliance and continuing medical education for compact physicians. Licensure compacts already streamline and reduce costs for medical practitioners seeking licenses in other states. The implementation of an enhanced physician portal, which will centralize participating physicians’ data and create a user-friendly interface, is likely to further simplify...