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

Understanding Remote Therapeutic Monitoring as it Applies to Outpatient Physical and Occupational Therapy

Rick Gawenda

Please join us on March 24, 2022 from 1:00PM – 2:30PM eastern daylight time. This 1.5-hour webinar will teach participants about the new remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) CPT codes that became effective with dates of service on and after January 1, 2022, and provide some case scenarios to assist physical and occupational therapists to utilize and bill for the RTM codes appropriately.

Understanding the New Remote Therapeutic Monitoring CPT Codes

Effective January 1, 2022, there were 5 new CPT codes to describe remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM). In this article, I will answer the following questions I have been receiving about these new CPT codes. What are the new CPT codes that describe RTM and what is the description of each of the new RTM CPT codes? What is the difference between the new 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 … Read More

Remote Therapeutic Monitoring CPT Codes for CY 2022

Effective January 1, 2022, there will be 5 new CPT codes to describe remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM). In this article, I will answer some of the questions I have been receiving about these new CPT codes.