RTM for Skilled Nursing
Remote Therapeutic Monitoring for Skilled Nursing — Powered by athenahealth + CCN Health
Purpose-built RTM for Skilled Nursing communities. CCN Health integrates directly with athenahealth to automate clinical workflows and capture every eligible reimbursement.
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CCN Health provides a certified Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) integration with athenahealth designed specifically for skilled nursing facilities. The platform automates clinical documentation, enables real-time monitoring, and generates Medicare billing records for compliant reimbursement.
Remote Therapeutic Monitoring for Skilled Nursing with athenahealth
Implementing RTM in skilled nursing settings requires an integration that understands both the clinical needs of post-acute and long-stay residents requiring 24/7 skilled nursing care, often with multiple comorbidities and higher acuity and the workflows of athenahealth. CCN Health bridges this gap.
Skilled Nursing Challenges That RTM Addresses
- Managing high-acuity patients with multiple comorbidities
- Reducing 30-day hospital readmission rates
- Meeting CMS quality measures and star ratings
- Maintaining survey readiness with comprehensive documentation
How It Works in Skilled Nursing
- Therapy Protocol Setup — Define therapeutic goals, exercise regimens, or respiratory therapy parameters
- Patient Self-Reporting — Patients report pain levels, range of motion, medication adherence, and functional status
- Outcome Tracking — Therapeutic outcomes trended over time to measure therapy effectiveness
- athenahealth Integration — Therapy data flows into athenahealth for documentation and care plan updates
- Billing Automation — CPT 98975-98981 documentation generated for compliant billing
Why Skilled Nursing Facilities Choose CCN Health
Readmission Prevention
Continuous monitoring during the critical post-acute window reduces hospital readmissions and improves quality scores.
Quality Measures
Objective vital sign data supports CMS quality reporting and star rating improvement efforts.
Survey Readiness
Comprehensive, timestamped records provide audit-ready documentation for state and federal surveys.
Acute-Level Monitoring
Continuous vital sign capture supports the higher-acuity clinical needs of skilled nursing residents.
Therapeutic Monitoring for Skilled Nursing
| Outcome Measure | Use Case | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Pain Assessment | Post-surgical, chronic pain | Visual analog scale, tracked daily for trending |
| Range of Motion | Joint replacement, MSK rehab | Goniometer readings for joint mobility tracking |
| Functional Status | ADL improvement tracking | Standardized assessments of daily living activities |
| Respiratory Function | COPD, asthma management | Peak flow, inhaler usage, symptom scoring |
| Medication Adherence | Therapy compliance | Self-reported adherence with automated reminders |
Clinical Benefits for Skilled Nursing
Chronic Disease Management
Monitor residents with conditions like post-surgical recovery, heart failure, pneumonia, COPD exacerbation. Trending data helps clinical teams adjust care plans before conditions deteriorate.
Transition of Care Support
When residents return from hospital stays, RTM enables closer monitoring during the critical post-discharge period.
Billing & Reimbursement in Skilled Nursing
CCN Health automates Medicare RTM billing documentation for qualified residents:
| CPT Code | Reimbursement | Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| 98975 | ~$19 | Initial setup and patient education for RTM device |
| 98976 | ~$50/mo | 16+ days of respiratory therapy monitoring data |
| 98977 | ~$50/mo | 16+ days of MSK therapy monitoring data |
| 98980 | ~$48/mo | First 20 minutes of treatment management services |
| 98981 | ~$38/mo | Each additional 20 minutes of treatment management |
Monthly potential per resident: $100+
Frequently Asked Questions
Does CCN Health integrate with athenahealth for skilled nursing RTM?
Yes. CCN Health's certified athenahealth integration enables bi-directional data flow specifically designed for skilled nursing workflows.
What is the implementation timeline for skilled nursing?
Most skilled nursing facilities are fully operational within 4 weeks, including integration setup, nursing staff training, and therapy deployment.
How does RTM billing work in skilled nursing?
CCN Health automatically documents the required data for 98975, 98976, 98977, 98980, 98981. Time tracking and therapy records are captured for audit-ready Medicare billing.
Implementation for Skilled Nursing
| Week | Activity |
|---|---|
| 1 | Discovery call and athenahealth configuration review |
| 2 | Technical integration setup and testing |
| 3 | Nursing staff training and therapy protocol deployment |
| 4 | Pilot launch with select residents |
| 5+ | Full facility rollout and optimization |
Discovery call — we learn your workflows, EHR setup, and patient population so nothing gets lost in translation.
We configure your platform around how your team actually operates — custom alert thresholds, EHR data mapping, and role-based permissions.
Go live with monitoring, automated documentation, and billing tailored to your practice — your team stays focused on care.
No one-size-fits-all templates. Every integration is configured for how your Skilled Nursing actually operates.
Configurable Alerts
Set thresholds that match your clinical protocols
Flexible Workflows
Adapt routing, documentation, and permissions to your team
Automated Compliance
Real-time audit trail and billing validation
Advanced technology working behind the scenes — so your team gets faster processing, smarter alerts, and effortless documentation without changing how they work.
Technology that stays in the background — so care stays in the foreground.
Why CCN Health
Why Skilled Nursing Facilities Choose CCN Health
Purpose-built technology that fits your clinical workflows and drives measurable outcomes.
Questions?
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Our team can answer your questions and show you how it works with your current workflow.
Seamless EHR Integration
How CCN Health Works Inside athenahealth
Your program data flows directly into athenahealth — no exports, no manual entry, no disruption to your clinical workflow.
RTM Outcome Tracking
Pain, ROM, Adherence, Respiratory
Built Around How You Operate
Custom workflows, smart alerting, and automated documentation — advanced technology working behind the scenes so your team doesn't have to.
athenahealth
Charts & Care Plans
What Flows Between Systems
Therapy Protocol Setup
Therapeutic goals, exercise regimens, and respiratory parameters configured
Patient Self-Reporting
Pain levels, ROM, medication adherence, and functional status collected via app
Outcome Trending
Therapy outcomes trended over time to measure treatment effectiveness
EHR Integration
Therapy data flows into patient charts for documentation and care plan updates
Clinical Review
Treatment management time tracked for 98980/98981 billing thresholds
Billing Automation
CPT 98975/98976/98977/98980/98981 records generated automatically
“Every reading, every alert, every care plan update — available across all your programs. One integration, unlimited use cases.”
Common Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about implementation, billing, and clinical workflows.
Yes. CCN Health integrates with athenahealth so that RPM data flows directly into patient charts, reducing manual documentation and improving care coordination.
RTM is a Medicare program that uses digital tools to collect non-physiologic, therapy-related data — such as pain levels, medication adherence, and respiratory therapy outcomes — from patients between visits. It's billed under CPT codes 98975-98981.
The RTM CPT codes are 98975 (initial setup), 98976 (respiratory therapy monitoring), 98977 (musculoskeletal therapy monitoring), 98980 (first 20 min treatment management), and 98981 (each additional 20 min).
Skilled nursing facilities use RPM to continuously monitor residents' vitals, enabling early detection of decline, reducing hospital transfers, and supporting compliance with quality reporting requirements.
Most facilities are fully operational within 2–4 weeks. CCN Health handles device provisioning, EHR integration setup, staff training, and ongoing clinical support.
Still have questions? We're happy to walk you through anything.
Contact Us
Prefer to Send a Message?
Not ready for a call? No problem. Drop us a message and we'll get back to you within 24 hours with answers to your questions about Remote Therapeutic Monitoring for your Skilled Nursing.
Tell us about your organization
Share details about your Skilled Nursing, current EHR setup, and what you're looking to achieve.
We'll review and respond
Our team will assess your needs and send you relevant information, case studies, or suggest next steps.
Connect when you're ready
When the time is right, we'll schedule a personalized demo tailored to your workflows.
Send Us a Message
We'll get back to you within 24 hours.
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