Remote Monitoring Study Offers Financial Incentives for Medication Adherence

Source: MedCity News, September 27, 2012 A new study funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will offer patients recovering from a heart attack with financial incentives for adhering to their medication regimen. David Asch, who leads this study with Kevin Volpp comments that “we want to find new ways to help people stay on track with their care. So many of our health outcomes depend on … what we do when we are at home or at work, and whether we take our medications, exercise and follow healthy diets.”