ATA Action, the ATA’s affiliated organization focused on Advocacy Shaping Virtual Care, submitted comprehensive comments to CMS on the Calendar Year 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule, offering detailed recommendations to strengthen program integrity while preserving patient access to remote monitoring and other essential virtual care services.
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Remote monitoring makes evidence-based practice more dynamic. It brings nursing judgment closer to the patient’s daily reality. It also raises the bar for education, protocols, and technology design. The strongest programs treat devices as tools, while keeping the nurse-patient relationship as the core operating system. When that balance holds, connected care expands the reach of nursing science and improves how early interventions land.