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12/31/25

2026 Annual Therapy Code List Update

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

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12/08/25

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:

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07/07/25

Remote Therapeutic Monitoring Change for Hospital Outpatient Therapy Departments

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:

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04/08/25

Remote Therapeutic Monitoring for Outpatient Physical and Occupational Therapy in 2026

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

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01/28/24

Remote Therapeutic Monitoring for Outpatient Physical and Occupational Therapy in 2025

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

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08/14/23

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:

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04/25/23

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:

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04/24/23

Remote Therapeutic Monitoring: CPT Codes 98976-98978

Last 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 98976 – 98978:

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