JointCoach delivers HOOS/KOOS-JR PROMs, discharge-criteria tracking, and a CMS-ready RTM billing pathway — backed by certified peri-operative platform technology and a multi-state physician network. No new staff. No new billing entity.
HOOS/HOOS-JR, KOOS/KOOS-JR, EQ-5D, PROMIS — the exact instruments required for CMS ACCESS MSK enrollment and CMS TEAM episode quality reporting.
CMS ACCESS ready741 hospitals now accountable under CMS TEAM for 30-day post-joint-replacement outcomes. JointCoach is the aftercare pathway that converts that mandate from liability into documented margin.
TEAM live Jan 2026CPT 98975–98981 reimbursed by Medicare and most commercial plans. Billed through our multi-state physician network — no new NPI, no new billing department. Standard Part B cost-sharing applies to the patient; supplemental plans often cover it in full.
Up to ~$1,600/yr per patientJointCoach runs on a certified peri-operative monitoring platform: MDR Class IIa (EU MDR 2017/745), ISO 13485:2016. The infrastructure exists. The US patient experience is JointCoach.
Platform certification: EU MDR Class IIa / ISO 13485:2016. US classification: FDA MDDS Class I. Physician network: licensed physicians via altru.care — RTM orders billable from Day 1 in covered states. No new medical entity required for your practice.
QR onboarding, baseline PROM capture, ASA/cardiac/pulmonary risk flags, post-discharge monitoring, wound documentation, physio HEP, pain check-ins, 6-week and quarterly outcome PROMs. One platform, full episode.
Health scores per patient, completion rate monitoring, deterioration flags, automated care-team alerts. Your coordinator sees the list; your surgeon sees the summary.
MediaPipe pose estimation runs on the patient's phone. ROM angles computed locally. Numbers transmitted; video never leaves the device. HIPAA-compatible by architecture, not policy.
Apple Health, Withings step/activity data ingested automatically. HL7 FHIR output for Epic, Cerner, athenahealth. Your data, your EHR.
Medicare and most commercial plans cover remote therapeutic monitoring, subject to standard Part B cost-sharing (often covered in full by supplemental plans). Rates below are 2026 CMS national non-facility rates.
| CPT Code | Description | Frequency | 2026 Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 98975 | Remote therapeutic monitoring — device supply and education | Once per episode | $22 |
| 98977 | RTM — musculoskeletal device data collection, per 30 days | Monthly | $40/mo |
| 98980 | RTM — first 20 min clinical management, per 30 days | Monthly | $54/mo |
| 98981 | RTM — each additional 20 min clinical management | Monthly (as needed) | $41/mo |
| Active monitoring patient (annual, 98977 + 98980 × 12) | Per year | ~$1,600/yr | |
| 200-patient orthopedic practice | Per year | ~$320K/yr | |
Billed through the altru.care physician network (multi-state licensed). No new billing entity required. CMS billing entity = ordering/supervising provider. Patient cost share = zero for Medicare beneficiaries with supplement coverage. Commercial coverage varies; JointCoach verifies benefits pre-enrollment.
JointCoach's PROM instruments and monitoring pathway satisfy both the current TEAM mandate and the upcoming ACCESS MSK quality program — without separate technology stacks.
JointCoach scales with your practice. Start with your own PT team using the platform; add coordinator support as volume grows; or hand the monitoring function entirely to JointCoach.
Your PT team uses the JointCoach platform directly. You configure the pathway, set monitoring thresholds, review the dashboard. JointCoach provides the platform, the PROM instruments, and the billing rails. Your NPI, your patient relationship.
JointCoach provides a dedicated care coordinator for patient enrollment, daily monitoring review, and alert escalation. Your PT or surgeon reviews clinical flags. JointCoach handles the administrative monitoring load — you handle the clinical decisions.
You sign the RTM order. JointCoach monitors, documents, manages PROM collection, flags deterioration, and bills under our multi-state physician network. You receive a quarterly outcomes report and shared savings from RTM revenue.
JointCoach is the monitoring layer. It connects upstream to patient education and downstream to the surgeon's practice OS — closing the loop that every orthopedic quality program is trying to measure.
Free patient education. Everything your surgeon wishes you knew before your joint replacement. Evidence-based. No login. Sets baseline expectations and PROM literacy before monitoring begins.
The monitored pathway. PROM collection. Motion capture. Physio exercises. Wound documentation. Discharge-criteria tracking. Every session billable. Every data point goes to the provider dashboard.
The surgeon's practice OS. PROMs from JointCoach surface in the surgeon's dashboard. Encounter capture, billing intelligence, prior auth. The surgeon never leaves SurgeonValue; the patient never sees it.
Start with a scoped pilot — 20 to 30 patients, one procedure type, your site. We measure what matters: PROM completion rates, RTM revenue generated, patient satisfaction, and care-coordinator time. Go/no-go at 90 days.
One procedure type — total knee, total hip, or lumbar fusion. Pre-specified at enrollment.
Full peri-operative pathway: 2 weeks pre-op through 12 weeks post-op. CMS TEAM window covered.
PROM completion rate · RTM revenue · readmission flags · patient adherence · coordinator time/patient.
Whether you're running 50 joint replacements a year or 500, JointCoach scales to your volume. Tell us what you're working with and we'll design the right pathway.