Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM)

RTM is a set of Medicare billing codes (CPT 98975–98981) that let a monitoring provider be paid for tracking a patient’s therapy adherence and progress between visits — for example, whether someone is actually doing their prescribed recovery exercises.

How it works

When a patient’s recovery is monitored over a month, the supervising provider can bill for that monitoring — on the order of ~$115 per patient per cycle. It isn’t a windfall, and the codes have shifted year to year; it’s a modest, legitimate reimbursement for real clinical oversight that also happens to fund continuity of care.

Source: CMS Physician Fee Schedule, RTM codes 98975–98981. Amounts vary by code, year, and locality.

This page is education, not tax, legal, or medical advice. Whether a specific expense qualifies depends on your situation, your plan, and a clinician’s determination — and the rules change. Talk to a tax advisor and your benefits administrator about your own case.