CMS Finalizes RPM and RTM Changes, Delays Direct-Employee Staffing Rule to 2029

Key Takeaways Starting January 1, 2027, Medicare requires a face-to-face initiating visit before RPM or RTM begins, and limits RTM to established patients. Beneficiaries already receiving monitoring before that date are grandfathered. CMS finalized the direct-employee requirement for RPM and RTM clinical staff but delayed it to January 1, 2029. Practices may continue to use … Continued