Telehealth & Virtual Care
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CMS is pushing technology-enabled care deeper into Medicare delivery models through initiatives like TEMPO and ACCESS, signaling that virtual care, remote monitoring, and digital workflows are becoming infrastructure for VBCānot just convenience benefitsāespecially for chronic care and rural access strategies (TEMPO and ACCESS). At the same time, the Trump administrationās fraud-enforcement posture is tightening around virtual care and Medicaid/Medicare spending, with improper-payment concerns around virtual check-ins and broader CMS/DOJ scrutiny raising the compliance bar for RPM vendors, ACOs, home health providers, and MA plans (HFMA compliance analysis). The strategic tension for VBC leaders is clear: virtual care remains central to population health and total-cost management, but future growth will depend on proving clinical integration, documentation integrity, appropriate utilization, and measurable outcomes rather than simply scaling billable digital encounters.
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