What are the CPT codes that describe RTM and what is the description of each of the new RTM CPT codes? What is the difference between the Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) codes and the existing Remote Physiological Monitoring (RPM) codes? Can physical therapists (PTs), occupational therapists (OTs) and speech-language pathologists (SLPs) bill the RTM codes to Medicare and other insurance carriers and be reimbursed for them? What types of practices and organizations will be able to bill the RTM codes? Can hospital outpatient therapy departments be reimbursed for RTM under an outpatient PT and/or OT plan of care? Will the Annual Therapy Threshold and Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction Policy apply to the RTM codes? If the RTM codes are provided in whole or in part by a physical therapist assistant (PTA) or an occupational therapy assistant (OTA), will the codes require the CQ/CO modifier and therefore, 15% reduction apply? How much will CMS reimburse for each of the new remote therapeutic monitoring CPT codes? What CPT codes can be the same day as the RTM codes? What type of device can I use in order to bill CPT codes 98975, 98976 and/or 98977? I see that CPT codes 98976 and 98977 at the end of their description each state “each 30 days”. Must I do the remote therapeutic monitoring for the entire 30 days to bill CPT codes 98976 and/or 98977? I see that CPT code 98980 states “first 20 minutes”. Can I bill this code if I spend less than 20 minutes in a calendar month? I see that CPT code 98981 states “each additional 20 minutes”. Can I bill this code if I spend less than an additional 20 minutes in a calendar month? Will Medicare Advantage plans and commercial insurance carriers reimburse the RTM codes if provided and billed by physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech-language pathologists? Will Medicare Advantage plans and commercial insurance carriers have a patient cost-sharing responsibility on the RTM codes (e.g., co-pay or co-insurance)? In order to bill CPT codes 98976 and/or 98977, must I supply the medical device that captures the recordings and/or programmed alert(s) transmission to monitor the respiratory system or musculoskeletal system? To meet the interactive communication requirement for CPT codes 98980 and 98981, in what formats can the interactive communication occur? To meet the interactive communication requirement for CPT codes 98980 and 98981, can this be met by the therapist or therapist/therapy assisting communicating with the patient via text or email? Must the therapist or therapist/therapy assistant be licensed in the state where the patient resides to bill CPT codes 98980 and 98981? Does the billing of the RTM code(s) on a particular date count as a visit towards the requirement of writing a Progress Report every 10 visits, at minimum? When I do a monthly communications with the patient and they do not answer but I leave a voicemail, does this count as the communication?

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