APTA members are being alerted to watch for and respond to an important survey from the American Medical Association that will help to shape the values of existing and new Current Procedural Terminology codes for remote therapeutic monitoring. The new codes will represent a shorter duration of RTM and RTM evaluation and management.

In the coming days, a random sampling of members will receive a survey that focuses on the current and new CPT codes related to RTM. The surveys are designed to determine the "professional work" value and time involved in the physical therapist’s provision of the services identified by each of these codes.

Professional work value includes the mental effort and judgment, technical skill, and psychological stress involved in providing the service.

APTA will submit the survey data to AMA's Relative Value Scale Update Committee, a multispecialty committee whose purpose is to develop values for CPT codes based in part on survey data such as this. The RUC Health Care Professionals Advisory Committee will make a recommendation to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the professional work value of these newly developed codes.

If you receive an email requesting your participation in the survey, it is critically important to take the time to complete it, as the number of selected participants is limited. Your responses will be anonymous.

To learn more about the RUC survey process, check out this AMA video.