RE:Remote Patient Monitoring: OIG Issues Consumer Alert From the Foley link:
"However, there is a difference between bona fide RPM services and suspect arrangements that do not involve the legitimate use of remote monitoring technology to deliver medical care. The OIG refers to the latter as “telefraud” schemes, and has noted (in a July 2022 Special Fraud Alert) that it is important to distinguish those schemes from “telehealth fraud.” As such, this Alert is not intended to discourage legitimate RPM arrangements. Indeed, the OIG acknowledges that, when used properly, remote patient monitoring is “beneficial for those whose condition might deteriorate quickly, where monitoring can reduce complications, hospitalizations or death.”
Fake billing is hardly restricted to telehealth. I get four or five fake bills a week --mostly trying to bill for computer software or service contracts. Likely because I bought something in the past from a vendor that got hacked and had their customer information hijacked. Click on nothing and call nothing when you get such a bill. Just delete it