Telematics Weekly

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TeleHealth — Who Pays?

While the health care law encour­ages the devel­op­ment of new reim­burse­ment mod­els, it nei­ther man­dates nor describes them. If mon­i­tor­ing a patient at home saves 25% of costs, through lower read­mis­sion, the hos­pi­tal loses money unless the fee for the mon­i­tor­ing can both increase its mar­gin and grab share.

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