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HHS watchdog raised concerns over remote patient monitoring companies. Audits are now on the rise

Government and health systems are scrutinizing the practices of remote patient monitoring(RPM) companies.The amount of auditing of RPM companies has increased in the last two years, two lawyers told Fierce Healthcare, and the audits have gotten more aggressive and informed. The audits have ranged from mundane billing denials by Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) to criminal investigations by the Department of Justice (DOJ). But some RPM companies have become frustrated with audits in which the auditors are not informed about the billing practices and are incorrectly identifying issues. The scrutiny is likely to continue under the Trump administration as it seeks to root out fraud, waste and abuse in federal programs.RPM includes the monitoring of physiologic data, like blood glucose levels, and therapeutic monitoring, like medication adherence. The two types have distinct code sets and billing rules. The federal government started to increase scrutiny of remote monitoring claim…