Advanced Primary Care Management represents Medicare's most ambitious attempt to transform primary care economics. Unlike previous programs that nibbled at the margins, APCM fundamentally restructures how practices organize, deliver, and bill for comprehensive care...
Advanced Primary Care Management (APCM) is Medicare’s newest program, introduced in 2025 with three billing codes: G0556, G0557, and G0558. This represents a pivotal shift toward value-based primary care by offering monthly reimbursements for delivering continuous, patient-focused services. You're already providing these services—why not get paid for it?
If you've spent any time managing a remote patient monitoring (RPM) program, you already know the drill: juggling the 16-day rule, keeping track of clinical minutes, chasing compliance, and often wondering if this is really what patient-centered care was meant to feel like...
It starts with a data spike… a sudden drop in movement, a rise in reported pain. The alert pings the provider dashboard, hinting at deterioration. But what if that signal isn’t telling the whole truth
Chronic pain isn’t just a condition, it’s a thief. It steals time, joy, and freedom from over 51 million Americans, according to the CDC, costing the economy $560 billion a year. As someone passionate about healthcare innovation, I’ve seen how this silent struggle affects patients, families, and providers...
Picture Mary, 62, balancing a job and early diabetes. Her doctor, Dr. Patel, is her anchor—reviewing labs, coordinating with a nutritionist, tweaking her care plan. But until 2025, Dr. Patel wasn’t paid for this invisible work...
In healthcare, most of the time, trouble doesn't announce itself with sirens and red flags. It starts quietly. A free dinner here. A paid talk there. An event that feels more like networking than education...
The Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) 2024 report, Additional Oversight of Remote Patient Monitoring in Medicare Is Needed (OEI-02-23-00260), isn't just an alert—it's a detailed playbook exposing critical vulnerabilities in Medicare’s Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) system...
Feeling like you’re drowning in regulations designed by giants, for giants? If you're running a small practice in today's healthcare hellscape, it damn sure feels that way...
When people ask me what Intelligence Factory does, they often expect to hear about AI, automation, or billing systems. And while we do all those things...
“They’re going to put me out of business. They want over a million dollars. I don’t have a million dollars”, his voice cracked over the phone...