What’s Changing with Remote Therapeutic Monitoring in 2026?

Have you not implemented remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) yet due to the minimum 16 days of monitoring in a 30-day period? Well, in 2026, RTM just got a whole lot easier to bill, so now is your time to implement RTM. In this article, I will answer the following questions:

Returned Remote Therapeutic Monitoring Management Claims

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have issued instructions regarding remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) management services claims that were returned in error between January 1, 2023 – June 30, 2023. In this article, I will answer the following questions:

Remote Therapeutic Monitoring: CPT Codes 98980-98981

Last week, I published an article titled “Remote Therapeutic Monitoring: CPT Codes 98976-98978“. The previous week, I published an article titled “Remote Therapeutic Monitoring: CPT Code 98975 FAQs“. In this week’s article, I will answer the following questions I have been receiving about CPT codes 98980 – 98981:

Rehab Agencies and CORFs RTM Billing Issues

Since January 1, 2023, Rehabilitation Agencies and Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (CORFs) have been experiencing issues being reimbursed for CPT codes 98980 and 98981 for remote therapeutic monitoring management services. For Rehabilitation Agencies and Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities who submitted claims to their respective Medicare Administrative Contractor containing CPT codes 98980 and 98981, they were being returned with reason code W7072. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) was made aware of this issue and CMS has now announced a “fix” to this issue. Rehabilitation Agencies and Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities must