After advocacy efforts by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and other medical organizations, UnitedHealthcare has announced a delay in implementing its remote patient monitoring policy.
The AASM recently submitted a letter to UnitedHealthcare opposing its new remote patient monitoring policy and the potential negative impact on patient access to high-quality sleep care. The AASM emphasized that remote patient monitoring plays a critical role in the management of sleep disorders by supporting treatment adherence, enabling timely clinical interventions, and improving patient outcomes. The AASM also raised concerns that UnitedHealthcare’s policy could create unnecessary barriers to the appropriate use of remote patient monitoring, limit clinician flexibility, and disrupt established care pathways that rely on clinically meaningful monitoring rather than arbitrary utilization thresholds.
The delay in implementing this remote patient monitoring policy will allow UnitedHealthcare additional time to evaluate how it may affect patient access, continuity of care, and the appropriate use of remote patient monitoring in managing patient care. The AASM will continue to actively engage with UnitedHealthcare during this period and will keep members informed of any updates or changes to the policy timeline.
Members may send questions to coding@aasm.org.
