Remote Patient Monitoring is a $500 million market — and the Office of Inspector General is watching closely.

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Medicare is moving toward connected, ongoing care models with one hand — and tightening compliance enforcement around concierge-style practices with the other. Attorney Jim Eischen breaks down what that means for your practice right now. Unlike CCM, which has seen slower traction, RPM adoption has been swift and widespread. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has expressed concerns in recent reports, but this very scrutiny highlights the scale of adoption and the significant investment in ongoing monitoring that the U.S. healthcare system has never truly embraced before. Source: OIG RPM Report, 2025 (View: In addition, the April 2025 OIG report marked the fourth prosecution in U.S. history related to cash-based healthcare models. This case provides perhaps the clearest signal yet from OIG that traditional concierge-style marketing—emphasizing same- or next-day access, extended visits, care coordination, and direct physician communication—is not compliant with Medicare assignment rules unless it is paired with proper, routine exam structuring.