October 20, 2025
What Happens to Patients Between Doctor Visits? Between medical appointments, patients with chronic conditions face a critical gap in healthcare support. This period—when patients manage medications independently, coordinate specialist visits, and respond to changing symptoms—often determines health outcomes more significantly than the office visits themselves. Quick Answer: The care gap...
How Chronic Care Management (CCM) Generates Revenue: Complete Guide for Healthcare Practices 2025
October 16, 2025
What Is Chronic Care Management and How Does It Work? Chronic Care Management (CCM) is a Medicare reimbursement program that pays healthcare practices for coordinating care for patients with two or more chronic conditions. Under CPT codes 99490 and 99439, eligible practices can receive up to $152.35 per patient per...
OIG Calls for Stronger Compliance in Remote Patient Monitoring Programs
October 14, 2025
Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) is no longer a niche add-on—it’s a mainstream care management tool with fast-rising adoption. The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) just released a new data snapshot on Medicare RPM billing patterns for 2024. Below, we break down what changed, what OIG is watching, and how...
Chronic Care Staffing Makes SC Top 50 Fastest Growing Companies for Fourth Consecutive Year
October 1, 2025
Chronic Care Staffing is proud to announce that we have once again been recognized as one of South Carolina’s 50 Fastest Growing Companies—our fourth consecutive year receiving this honor. Now in its 24th year, the SC 50 Fastest Growing Companies program highlights the private and publicly owned businesses that are...
Which Patients Qualify for CCM, RPM, or TCM? Your Easy Eligibility Checklist
September 25, 2025
Determining whether a patient qualifies for Chronic Care Management (CCM), Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM), or Transitional Care Management (TCM) doesn’t need to be complicated. Each program has specific criteria, but when organized into a simple checklist, providers can quickly see where patients fit. This guide outlines the essentials and shows...
CMS Corrects Payment Error for Rural Health Clinics & Federally Qualified Health Centers
September 4, 2025
August 28, 2025 — CMS Announcement The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued an important update impacting Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). Since January 1, 2025, claims for care coordination services were being incorrectly reimbursed. CMS has now confirmed the error has...
Case Study: How Chronic Care Management Reduces ER Visits and Improves Outcomes
September 2, 2025
Emergency room visits are costly, disruptive, and often preventable. For one Southeast U.S. primary care clinic, partnering with Chronic Care Staffing to implement a Chronic Care Management (CCM) program led to: 60% reduction in ER visits within 6 months Lower readmission rates among high-risk patients Increased patient satisfaction and engagement...
How to Seamlessly Integrate CCM and RPM Into Your Existing Workflow
September 2, 2025
Chronic Care Management (CCM) and Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) each offer significant benefits in managing chronic diseases. However, their combined power becomes transformational when integrated into existing clinical workflows. This guide walks you through practical implementation, based on recent evidence and forward-looking strategies, while keeping your workflow streamlined and compliant....
Key 2026 Medicare Proposed Rule Changes for Care Management
September 2, 2025
Overview CMS has released its 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Proposed Rule, and the direction is clear: virtual care management is here to stay. The proposals touch multiple areas of chronic and remote care, including Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM), Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM), Behavioral Health Integration (BHI), and new...
Medicare Health Risk Assessment 2025: Everything You Need to Know
September 2, 2025
Health Risk Assessments (HRAs) play a pivotal role in the Medicare landscape, serving as foundational elements of preventive care, care planning, and risk adjustment. As we move deeper into 2025, HRAs remain central, but the dynamics around them are shifting. Here’s a comprehensive, state-of-the-art update on what practitioners, care organizations,...
