WellPoint, Aetna, & Humana Piloting Remote Health Monitoring Devices for Congestive Heart Failure

OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Strategic Health Care News Several of the nation’s large health insurers have started pilot programs to test remote health monitoring devices. WellPoint’s Anthem Blue Cross subsidiary in California has been testing a wireless scale and blood-pressure cuff designed by IDEAL LIFE. Aetna has partnered with Intel on a clinical trial to determine the power of remote monitoring to reduce hospital admissions for plan members diagnosed with congestive heart failure (CHF). Humana has designed a pilot program for people with CHF that combines wireless vital sign monitoring with videoconferencing with nurses. Each of . . .