RPM99454Device supply with physiologic data transmission
$73.14
Request an assessment REIMBURSEMENT & REVENUE ENABLEMENT
Care is happening. Revenue can leak between the work and the claim.
PrimeVital helps identify where clinically appropriate work can be structured into a covered program—then connects eligibility, documentation, coding, billing, and follow-up into one defensible workflow.
Request a revenue opportunity reviewCHOOSE THE QUESTION YOU NEED TO ANSWER
Three resources, three different decisions.
Rates & code pathwaysStart here for the California county preview, code-family orientation, and payment guardrails.Current pagePayer-specific guidesUse this when the question is Original Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medi-Cal, FQHC/RHC, or commercial coverage.Practice economicsUse this to test whether population, participation, staffing, contracts, and workflow make a program viable.
New public referenceCY2026 Medicare Care Program GuideCMS-linked requirements, representative California amounts, and selected concurrent-billing cautions.
Read the guide CY 2026 CALIFORNIA PREVIEW
See why service location changes the Medicare rate.
Choose a county to view three representative office/non-facility amounts. The complete Opportunity Navigator includes every California county, more care programs, facility rates, QP calculations, and payment guardrails.
CMS localitySan Francisco–Oakland–Berkeley
Representative serviceAllowed amount
RPM99457First 20 minutes of treatment management
$65.26APCMG0556Advanced primary care management · Level 1
$19.79Amounts shown are CMS carrier office/non-facility references—not revenue guarantees or coding recommendations.
Explore the full county rate toolTHE WORK-TO-CLAIM GAP
Doing useful work is not the same as billing a covered service.
The opportunity is not to bill more indiscriminately. It is to find work that already aligns—or can appropriately align—with a recognized care pathway and make every required step reliable.
Telehealth is happening
The visit is completed, but recurring care needs, consent, time, and a suitable longitudinal program are not evaluated.
What PrimeVital evaluatesReview whether the patient also needs RPM, CCM, PCM, BHI, APCM, or another appropriate pathway—without rebilling the same work.
Pain follow-up is happening
Medication review, function, adherence, treatment response, and care-plan work may remain scattered across calls and notes.
What PrimeVital evaluatesEvaluate RTM, CCM, PCM, or the Medicare chronic-pain bundle based on the condition, practitioner, treatment, and distinct requirements.
Care coordination is happening
Staff make calls, reconcile needs, and coordinate services, but eligibility, consent, a maintained plan, and attributable time may be missing.
What PrimeVital evaluatesBuild a defined CCM, PCM, BHI, PIN, or APCM workflow with clear ownership and non-duplicated evidence.
Post-discharge calls are happening
Outreach occurs, but discharge notification, contact timing, medication reconciliation, decision-making, or the required visit is unreliable.
What PrimeVital evaluatesCreate a TCM handoff that starts at discharge and can transition eligible patients into longer-term monitoring or care management.
A COMPLIANT REVENUE PATHWAY
Seven gates between patient need and payment.
Select a gate to see the evidence it requires and the risk created when it is skipped.
Evidence needed
Diagnosis, risk, clinical need, and a program that is appropriate for the patient.
Risk if the gate is skipped
Starting with a code instead of a medically appropriate patient pathway.
No automatic billing promises. Not every phone call, telehealth visit, device reading, or medication discussion is separately billable. Medical necessity, code requirements, payer policy, provider eligibility, supervision, timing, and non-duplication rules govern each claim.
WHO MAY PAY
“Covered” is a patient-and-plan question, not a website claim.
PayerWhat it meansWhat must be verified
Original MedicareNational program rules with code-level requirements under the Physician Fee Schedule or Part D, depending on the service.Verify beneficiary eligibility, provider type, service requirements, frequency, exclusions, cost sharing, and local payment.
Medicare AdvantagePlans generally cover Medicare benefits but may apply plan-specific authorization, network, documentation, and claim rules.Verify benefits and operational requirements with the member’s exact plan before enrollment or billing.
MedicaidCoverage and payment vary substantially by state and delivery system.Confirm the state program, managed-care plan, provider enrollment, eligible codes, and telehealth or monitoring policy.
Commercial plansCoverage is driven by payer policy and the provider contract.Check benefits, medical policy, authorization, frequency, patient responsibility, and contracted rates.
MAKE THE PAYER QUESTION SPECIFIC
Use the guide that matches the member and setting.
Before a revenue projection, distinguish Original Medicare from Medicare Advantage, California managed care, FQHC/RHC rules, commercial contracts, and the patient’s actual cost-share path.
CODE-FAMILY ORIENTATION
Know the pathway before discussing the payment.
These representative code families help visitors understand how the programs are structured. They are not a fee schedule, coding recommendation, or confirmation that a service may be billed for a particular patient.
ProgramRepresentative code familyWhat it generally organizes
RPM
99453, 99445, 99454, 99470, 99457, 99458, 99091Setup, two alternative device/data-day bands, two alternative first-time management bands, additional management time, and practitioner analysis.RTM
98975–98981; 98979, 98984, 98985 added for 2026Setup, device-supply, and treatment-management services for qualifying therapeutic data and practitioner types.CCM
99490, 99439, 99487, 99489, 99491, 99437Non-complex, complex, and practitioner-provided chronic-care management families.PCM
99424–99427Monthly disease-specific management for one qualifying high-risk chronic condition.TCM
99495, 99496Thirty-day transition services distinguished by medical-decision-making and required follow-up timing.BHI / CoCM
99484, 99492–99494, G2214 and applicable add-onsGeneral behavioral-health integration and psychiatric collaborative-care pathways have different team and time requirements.APCM
G0556–G0558Monthly, non-time-based advanced-primary-care levels based on patient complexity.PIN
G0023, G0024, G0140, G0146Principal illness navigation and behavioral-health peer-support navigation services.Chronic Pain
G3002, G3003Monthly chronic-pain management and treatment bundle plus qualifying additional time.MTM
Part D plan programMTM eligibility, delivery, documentation, and payment are established through the beneficiary’s Part D plan rather than one universal PFS pathway.CPT and HCPCS code sets, descriptors, edits, payer policies, and payment rules change. Verify the current year’s official CMS and payer guidance and consult qualified coding resources before billing.
WHERE PRIMEVITAL ADDS VALUE
One team connects program operations to revenue-cycle execution.
Opportunity discovery
Analyze patient mix, current outreach, payer mix, program fit, and operational readiness.
Workflow design
Define enrollment, consent, devices, outreach, escalation, time capture, and documentation standards.
Claim readiness
Support eligibility, coding workflow, documentation quality, charge capture, and handoff to billing.
Revenue follow-through
Track claims, payments, denials, AR, and the operational causes that prevent repeatable collection.
This content is general operational information and is not legal, coding, billing, or reimbursement advice. Policies and payment change. Provider organizations should validate current CMS guidance, payer policy, contracts, state law, and professional coding advice before billing.
REVENUE OPPORTUNITY REVIEW
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We will review care already being delivered, payer mix, documentation, charge capture, denials, AR, and the operational gaps that may be suppressing collectible revenue.
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