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Remote Therapeutic Monitoring Launches Jan 2022!

Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM)

Continuing Medicare reimbursement plans for remote care, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2022 Physician Fee Schedule final rule on its new RTM codes, officially recognized as “Remote Therapeutic Monitoring/Treatment Management.”

What is Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM)?

What is RTM?

The RTM program is designed to manage patients who use digital medical devices to collect non-physiological data, such as therapy/medication adherence, therapy/medication response, and pain level.

TrueBlue MD employs RTM’s medical technology to monitor health conditions related to:

Remote Therapeutic Monitoring Medical Devices

TrueBlue MD provides state-of-the-art devices while keeping in mind ease-of-use for seniors. RTM data can be reported manually by the patient or digitally uploaded.

Why Partner With TrueBlue MD?

TrueBlue MD helps you:

Enroll

We call your patients, explain the program, and enroll them.

Monitor

We monitor your patients’ health & data periodically to prevent any complications.

Follow up

We call your enrolled patients to follow up on their condition

Create claims

We send your care team CMS-compliant documents for a precise billing submission

CMS released five new reimbursement codes for remote therapeutic monitoring effective January 1st, 2022.

Code

Description

Frequency

2022 Payment

98975

Service Initiation

One time

$19

98976

Monthly Data transmission - Respiratory System

30 days

$54

98977

Monthly Data transmission - Musculoskeletal system

30 days

$54

98980

Treatment Management services, Clinical staff 20 Min

30 days / First 20 minutes

$49

98981

Treatment Management services, Clinical staff + 20 Min

30 days / Additional 20 minutes

$39