On October 31, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the calendar year (CY) 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule. At that time, we learned the payment rates for the allowed amount for each CPT code reimbursed under the MPFS. This includes outpatient physical, occupational, and speech therapy services including remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM). For practices and organizations that have implemented RTM, most monitor the musculoskeletal system. This would be CPT codes 98977 and 98985. CPT code 98985 is a new RTM code for 2026 to monitor the musculoskeletal system 2-15 days in a 30-day period

Each year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) updates the annual therapy code list. This list applies to outpatient physical, occupational, and speech therapy services. This list tells outpatient therapy providers which CPT codes require the discipline specific modifier (GN, GO, GP) be appended to them when provided under an outpatient therapy plan of care. For 2026, CMS is adding 3 CPT codes to this list as sometimes therapy codes. To access the 2026 annual update, log into your account and click

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:

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a reimbursement change for remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM). This change impacts hospital outpatient therapy departments billing for RTM. In this article, I will answer the following questions:

This 2-hour online course will teach patients how to provide, document, and bill for remote therapeutic monitoring services.

This 2-hour online course will teach patients how to provide, document, and bill for remote therapeutic monitoring services.

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:

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: