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In 2026, the healthcare industry focused on value-based models, hybrid care delivery, and has undergone significant digital transformation than ever before. Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) and Chronic Care Management (CCM) are playing a crucial role in improving patient outcomes, encouraging better patient engagement, and opening up new and reimbursable revenue opportunities via Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services billing codes, also called CMS CPT Codes.

Chronic disease management has become the defining challenge of the U.S. healthcare system. More than six in ten Americans live with at least one chronic condition, and four in ten live with two or more. These patients account for the vast majority of healthcare spending, utilization, and clinician workload. Yet the dominant care model remains episodic, visit-driven, and reactive.

Patient-centered care is one of the most important ideas shaping how healthcare is delivered today. Patient-centered care puts the person, not the illness, at the center of every clinical interaction. This approach is a change from health systems that are moving away from episodic, provider-driven models.

Instead of saying, “What is wrong with this patient?” Patient-centered care asks, “What is most important to this patient?” This difference changes the way care is planned, given, and judged in a big way.

Patient-centered care is one of the most important ideas shaping how healthcare is delivered today. Patient-centered care puts the person, not the illness, at the center of every clinical interaction. This approach is a change from health systems that are moving away from episodic, provider-driven models.

Instead of saying, “What is wrong with this patient?” Patient-centered care asks, “What is most important to this patient?” This difference changes the way care is planned, given, and judged in a big way.

For a long time, Medicare payments have been based on the idea that care happens during visits to the doctor. Payment, documentation, and care delivery all relied on evaluation and management codes, procedures, and encounters. As Medicare moves toward continuous, outcome-based care, it will only work if the right operational foundation is in place. The ACCESS Model—Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions—was created to fill those gaps.

Through the introduction of Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) and Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) into the healthcare system across the U.S., significant advancements have been made in remote care. The primary measurement used to evaluate the impact of RPM and RTM on patient care and treatment remains unchanged, i.e., patient adherence. Though several advancements in remote care management took place right from its inception to date, nothing impacts or will impact patient adherence in any way.

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G2211 CPT code (technically HCPCS code G2211) describes the visit complexity that comes from managing a patient longitudinally, not just the time spent on a single visit. CMS created it so primary care and other longitudinal clinicians are paid more accurately when they serve as the continuing focal point for all or most of a patient’s health care needs.

A Medicare Annual Wellness Visit is a Part B preventive benefit that helps clinicians identify health risks, update medical history, and create a personalized prevention plan for eligible patients. Unlike a traditional annual physical, the AWV emphasizes a structured health risk assessment, screening schedule, and counseling rather than a comprehensive physical exam. For practices, AWVs support value‑based care by closing gaps in preventive services, improving patient engagement, and generating reliable, recurring revenue when coded correctly.