JointCoach uses the phone camera to capture objective movement data during every session — no wearable, no extra staff. She reviews a 3-minute dashboard. Patients who know they're being watched comply. Compliance drives outcomes. Outcomes drive revenue: $77 per patient per month, billed under her NPI.
That's it. No extra apps, no wearables, no subscriptions to manage.
Hold your phone in front of you. JointCoach measures your joint angle and counts your reps. No wearable needed. Video never leaves your device.
Your surgeon and PT see your adherence, range of motion, and pain scores — without needing to call you. They can adjust your program between visits.
Medicare and most commercial plans reimburse remote therapeutic monitoring. Your surgeon's practice bills it. No extra cost passes to you.
The same patient. The same PT program. Different outcomes — because the surgeon could see what was happening at week 3.
6 weeks of PT. Compliance unknown — the patient self-reported at each visit. At week 6 the patient returns with stiffness and limited range of motion. The surgeon assumes the condition, not the exercises. A second PT episode starts from scratch.
Weekly movement quality scores visible in the dashboard. At week 3 the surgeon sees adherence has dropped to 30% and ROM has plateaued. She sends a message through the portal before the next visit. The patient gets back on track. Full recovery at week 7.
Three steps from your surgeon's referral to your progress dashboard.
After your procedure, your care team sends your exercise program to JointCoach. You get a link or a QR code at the clinic.
Use your phone camera to track each session at home. JointCoach measures your range of motion and counts your reps in real time.
Your surgeon and PT see your progress between visits. They can update your program without waiting for your next appointment.
Remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) is a CMS-recognized care category. Your care team bills under their own NPI — no cost flows to you.
Remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) was built for PT — but until 2026, you needed 16 or more days of data per month to bill the device supply code. CMS changed that with the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule.
Every camera-tracked session at home generates structured data — joint angle, rep count, session duration, pain score — that qualifies for RTM billing under 2026 CPT codes. SpryPT white-labels JointCoach for clinics that want a turn-key setup.
New for 2026: CPT 98985 — a short-period device supply code. Patients with as few as 2 qualifying days of monitoring per month now generate a billable device code. A patient who attends two yoga classes per week is billable. The 16-day threshold still applies to the longer device code (98977).
Prescribe through SurgeonValue or your own EMR. Patients exercise at home. JointCoach captures the data. Your team reviews monthly. CMS pays under general supervision.
| CPT | Description | CMS 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| 98975 | RTM device setup & patient education (once per episode) | $21.71 |
| 98985New 2026 | Device supply, MSK/respiratory — 2 to 15 days of data | $51.44 |
| 98977 | Device supply, MSK/respiratory — 16 to 30 days of data | $51.44 |
| 98979New 2026 | Treatment management, 10 to 19 min of qualified review | $26.39 |
| 98980 | Treatment management, first 20 min | $54.11 |
| 98981 | Treatment management, each additional 20 min | $41.04 |
2026 CMS Physician Fee Schedule, national-average reimbursement. Rates vary by locality. RTM and RPM cannot be billed for the same patient in the same month. A synchronous interaction (phone, video, or in-person) is required each calendar month. Reimbursement confirmed for PT and physician billing under general supervision.
JointCoach runs Google MediaPipe pose estimation locally on the patient's phone. The model identifies joint landmarks frame by frame and calculates angles in real time. When the session ends, only structured data is transmitted — rep counts, peak range of motion, session duration, and reported pain level. The underlying video is discarded on-device immediately after processing.
Peak joint angle per rep, session max, and trend over time. Knee flexion, hip abduction, shoulder elevation — any joint the PT designates as the primary tracking target.
Rep count, set completion, session duration, days active in the month. The numbers that determine whether 98977 (16+ days) or 98985 (2-15 days) applies.
0-10 numeric pain rating and perceived difficulty captured after each session. Logged to the RTM record for the treating PT's monthly review — satisfies the treatment management review requirement.
They are related, but they do different jobs. RTM is the part Medicare reimburses — and the part JointCoach automates.
The research on unmonitored home exercise programs is clear — and it explains why RTM exists. Educational information only; follow your care team's instructions.
However your clinic wants to operate RTM, JointCoach is the data layer underneath. Each model trades cost against clinician lift.
Three products, one recovery. Learn what to expect, track every step, and let your surgeon's team see the data.
Patient education. Everything your surgeon wishes you knew before and after joint surgery — free, evidence-based, no login required.
PT-based remote therapeutic monitoring. Home camera tracking with MediaPipe pose estimation. The data layer that generates RTM billing.
The practice OS for orthopedic surgeons. PROMs, encounter capture, billing intelligence, prior auth. Where the surgeon sees the panel.
A patient learns what to expect on JointClass, tracks the prescribed protocol on JointCoach, and the data flows to the surgeon's SurgeonValue dashboard — where the PT or covering clinician bills RTM. Education → monitoring → practice. One loop.
Patients: ask your surgeon or PT to refer you to JointCoach. Clinicians: add RTM to your practice through SurgeonValue or the SpryPT white-label program.