Vivo Care

06/04/2026

At least 50% of U.S. men live with hypertension.

That figure comes from CDC/NCHS data, which estimates hypertension prevalence among U.S. men aged 18+ at 50.8% for August 2021 to August 2023. Many cases still go undetected.

This Men's Health Month with the Men's Health Network, it is a number worth sitting with.

Hypertension remains one of the clearest risk factors in cardiovascular health, but better care does not begin and end with an office visit. It depends on visibility, follow-through, and support between appointments.

Our blog from last August on remote patient monitoring for cardiovascular health highlights a recent study of more than 550 adults with uncontrolled hypertension, where home blood pressure devices and smartphone-based virtual coaching were linked with improved cardiovascular health scores over 12 months.

Two-thirds of that improvement was driven by better blood pressure control.

For practices, the lesson is practical: RPM works best when devices, data, and care teams move together.

🔵 For patients, the promise is simple: easier monitoring, steadier support, and more chances to act before risk becomes crisis.

Read the full blog here: https://bit.ly/49F6Kx5

06/03/2026

Remote care should follow the patient, not the program.

After yesterday’s APCM vendor checklist, Vivo Care CEO Ryan Clark widens the lens: the question is not simply which program to choose, but which model fits each patient.

In the first clip from The Remote Care Standard: On Air, our video companion to The Remote Care Standard newsletter, Ryan explains why APCM should be viewed as part of a broader care management landscape that includes CCM, RPM, RTM, and other remote care models.

Some patients may need more structured care coordination. Others may benefit from remote monitoring. Some may need heavier support for a period of time, then step down as their needs change. The strongest care models give patients room to move between programs as clinically appropriate, instead of forcing every patient into one fixed pathway.

That flexibility helps physicians and care teams use their time where it has the greatest clinical value.

🔵 APCM, CCM, RPM, and RTM each have a role. The opportunity is in building a model that lets the right support reach the right patient at the right time.

Subscribe to The Remote Care Standard using the QR code in the clip, or at the following link: https://bit.ly/4amdQ9N

06/02/2026

APCM is now a key part of the remote care conversation.

For primary care practices, the next step is choosing the right partner to support it. A strong APCM vendor conversation should go beyond feature comparison. It should test the operating model, clinical staffing, documentation, patient continuity, and how APCM fits alongside RPM and CCM.

APCM is paid as a monthly bundle, but the work behind it is continuous: consent, care planning, access, transitions, population health, reporting, and clean billing logic.

The strongest programs are built around fit.

- Between the patient and the right care program.
- Between the practice and the right operating model.
- Between reimbursement opportunity and the support needed to deliver it consistently.

🔵 Our 2026 APCM Vendor Evaluation Guide breaks down the codes, reimbursement rates, vendor landscape, implementation checklist, and practical questions practices should ask before selecting a partner.

Read the guide here: https://bit.ly/4wZygiF

05/29/2026

“Oh my gosh, you’re a real person!”

That was one patient’s reaction when Diane, one of Vivo Care’s dedicated care navigators, called for a routine monthly check-in.

The patient had been trying to get a simple scheduling question answered, and by the time Diane called, the relief was immediate. Diane listened, contacted the clinic, and stayed on the line while the patient saved her direct number.
It was a small moment, but a meaningful one.

Remote care depends on data, devices, and timely visibility, but patients do not experience care as a dashboard. They experience it through the person who calls, listens, follows through, and helps them feel less alone between visits.

🔵 That is the heart of this month’s Moments That Matter: real voices, real relief, and connection that keeps care moving.

Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/4dXOnET

05/22/2026

In 2026, primary care practices have a key question to answer: which care program best fits each patient?

Advanced Primary Care Management (APCM) gives practices more flexibility: a monthly bundled payment for ongoing care management, with payment levels based on patient complexity and social risk.

The point is not to place every patient into one fixed program. It's to understand how each fits into primary care, including where programs can be layered and where billing rules create limits.

As Ryan Clark, CEO of Vivo Care, puts it:
“There isn’t a right program for the provider. There is a right program that is specific to each patient.”

Our new blog post breaks down APCM codes, 2026 reimbursement rates, eligibility requirements, consent rules, access, care planning, care transitions, and the billing rules that shape how APCM works alongside other remote care programs.

More programs need not mean greater burden. Used well, they mean better fit.

Read the full post here: https://bit.ly/4uq3E8d

05/21/2026

As access to weight-loss therapies expands, patients need more than a prescription.

They need monitoring, follow-up, chronic-condition support, and care teams that can help translate short-term progress into lasting change.

Earlier this year, we explored how RPM and CCM can support weight management beyond the scale in the Vivo Care blog. The point feels even more relevant now: improvement depends on the infrastructure around the patient, not only the intervention itself.

That infrastructure includes connected devices that make daily monitoring simpler, like the Tenovi Health Cellular Scale enabling automatic, cellular-enabled weight tracking to support patients managing obesity, heart failure, or metabolic conditions - especially when easy home setup matters.

🔵 That's what builds lasting change: small steps, connected signals, and steady clinical support.

Read the blog here: https://bit.ly/4dBAjAx

05/19/2026

Most chronic conditions do not wait for the next appointment.

When a patient’s blood pressure trends toward a critical range, the window to act is measured in days. The standard appointment cycle is often measured in months.

That gap is where avoidable escalations happen.

Vivo Care supports multiple pathways to identify and enroll eligible patients, including in-clinic enrollment, referral workflows, full-service outreach, on-site events, and now AI-enabled point-of-care identification.

🔵 Today, we announced a strategic partnership with Onpoint Healthcare Partners that takes this further.

The partnership brings together Vivo Care’s remote care infrastructure and licensed clinical teams with OnPoint’s AI-enabled panel management. Eligible patients are surfaced in real time during the visit, so the conversation about continuous care happens with the provider, in person, before the patient leaves the exam room.

When patients are identified at the point of care and hear about a program from their own physician, enrollment becomes more trusted, more timely, and more clinically connected. For providers, this means less administrative friction and earlier visibility into patients who need support. For patients, it means care continues between visits, not only during appointments.

Healthcare should not operate as a series of isolated events. This partnership is one step toward making continuous care easier to deliver at scale.

Read the full announcement: https://bit.ly/4wTDzAm

🔵 If your organization is looking to improve patient identification, enrollment, and continuous care delivery, connect with Vivo Care to discuss how this model fits your existing workflow.

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05/14/2026

After a week of celebrating the nurses who keep remote care running, we’re turning today to one of the questions organizations keep asking behind the scenes:

What is CPT® Code 99445, and how does it work?

New for 2026, CPT® 99445 is an RPM device supply and data transmission code for shorter monitoring periods, when physiologic data is recorded on 2 to 15 days within a 30-day period. It supports short-duration or episodic monitoring and is mutually exclusive with CPT® 99454, which applies to 16 to 30 days of recorded data.

As RPM expands in 2026, understanding where each code fits will be essential for building programs that are clinically useful, operationally clear, and billing-ready.

Because successful remote care depends on both sides of the equation: compassionate clinical support and clear operational understanding.

Access the guide here: https://bit.ly/4uRQAZm

05/13/2026

As National Nurses Week 2026 closes, we were proud to have the special opportunity to recognize the leadership, compassion, clinical excellence, and steady support that nurses bring to Vivo Care every day.

Across our team, that power shows up in many ways.
It shows up in the leaders people turn to first.

In the teachers who help others grow.
In the calm voices during chaotic moments.
In the people who step in wherever they are needed.
In the clinical judgment, kindness, patience, and persistence that make remote care work in practice, helping patients receive safe, thoughtful, patient-centered care.

Your work lights up more than a week. It shapes the standard of care we strive to deliver every day.

As Vivo Care CEO Ryan Clark wrote in his tribute last week - "You are why our growth means something. You are why the numbers in this letter are worth writing down."

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♥️ To all nurses, at Vivo Care and beyond, thank you!