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Cipher Skin maximizes your ability to use remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) with your patients and allows you to build a comprehensive recovery plan that connects in-person therapy with remote therapeutic monitoring.

Remote Therapeutic Monitoring Explained

Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) is a CMS- reimbursed method of monitoring your patients between their clinical visits. The new RTM codes are intended to expand the scope and reach of digital health technologies to track therapies and adherence beyond the walls of the clinic and get reimbursed for it.

With RTM codes, providers get reimbursed for the management of patients using medical devices that collect non-physiological data like musculoskeletal and respiratory system status, therapy adherence, therapy response, and more.

Why Use Cipher Skin for RTM?

Continuous Monitoring

Our end-to-end MSK monitoring platform connects in-clinic therapy with at-home plans by allowing you to track the patient’s ROM and biometrics in between sessions so you can measure therapy adherence and outcomes with accurate, objective data.

New Stream of Revenue

By using Cipher Skin for Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) you can increase your profitability and generate up to $1,740 in annual per-patient revenue. That’s extra revenue from existing patients.

Higher Patient Loyalty

The easy-to-use app combined with interactive exercises, 3D visualization, and progress charts engage patients with their recovery programs leading to better patient satisfaction and retention rates.

Better Therapy Outcomes

Cipher Skin allows providers to customize home exercise programs and monitor patients' activities and progress remotely. This leads to improved patient adherence and higher treatment completion rates.

How It Works

Click below for more details about billing and RTM CPT Codes.

Remote Therapeutic Monitoring Explained

RTM is a family of five codes created by the CPT Editorial Panel in October 2020 and valued by the RVS Update Committee (RUC) at its January 2021 meeting. The RTM family includes three practice expense (PE)-only codes and two codes that include professional work. The new RTM codes are:

CPT# 98975
Descriptor: Remote therapeutic monitoring (e.g. respiratory system status, musculoskeletal system status, therapy adherence, therapy response); initial set-up and patient education on use of equipment

CPT# 98976
Descriptor: Remote therapeutic monitoring (e.g. respiratory system status, musculoskeletal system status, therapy adherence, therapy response); device(s) supply with scheduled (e.g. daily) recording(s) and/or programmed alert(s) transmission to monitor respiratory system, each 30 days

CPT# 98977
Descriptor: Remote therapeutic monitoring (e.g. respiratory system status, musculoskeletal system status, therapy adherence, therapy response); device(s) supply with scheduled (e.g. daily) recording(s) and/or programmed alert(s) transmission to monitor musculoskeletal system, each 30 days

CPT# 98980
Descriptor: Remote therapeutic monitoring treatment, physician/other qualified health care professional time in a calendar month requiring at least one interactive communication with the patient/caregiver during the calendar month; first 20 minutes.

CPT#98981
Descriptor: Remote therapeutic monitoring treatment, physician/other qualified health care professional time in a calendar month requiring at least one interactive communication with the patient/caregiver during the calendar month; each additional 20 minutes.

RTM will monitor non-physiologic data unlike RPM which monitors physiologic data and patient are able to self-report data unlike RPM which requires Bluetooth submission. Unlike RPM, which does not limit the provider to health conditions, RTM will focus on “musculoskeletal system status” and “respiratory system status”.

RTM will allow physicians to gain more information on how a patient’s daily life is impacting their conditions and overall health. They can also learn how the patient’s routine influences their overall health and adherence to treatment and adjust care plans accordingly. Monitoring patients in the ways described by RTM provides opportunities for lowering spending on preventable hospitalizations, ED visits, and urgent care.

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