Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Shannon Wiley participated on a panel at the Asembia Specialty Pharmacy Summit (AXS24) discussing the role of pharmacies in remote patient monitoring (RPM). Through RPM healthcare professionals can use digital tools to track a patient’s health outside of the office setting. While these arrangements can be challenging to execute, they can be beneficial.
As Shannon pointed out, “RPM serves as an extension of the primary care and wellness paradigm … But that presupposes that someone is interested in those outcomes.”
Another challenge relates to funding and reimbursement of the technology. “Payors have been reluctant to fund some RPM models knowing that beneficiaries frequently switch plans,” Shannon said.
The full article, “Remote Patient Monitoring Faces Adoption Hurdles,” was published by Pharmacy Practice News on September 19 and is available online.