Patient Recovery,
Intelligently Monitored

Mallard's licensed clinical team manages your RTM program end-to-end. Our platform tracks every review minute, logs every patient interaction, and generates billing-ready documentation, so your practice bills with confidence and zero added overhead.

The Shift in Orthopedic Revenue

Surgery reimbursements have been quietly eroding for two decades. RTM is filling that gap.

−58%

surgery reimbursement
decline since 2000

Medicare knee replacement pay has dropped from $3,018 to $1,258 in real dollars. The trend isn't reversing.

Medicare TKA reimbursement (CPT 27447), 2000–2025$1,000$1,500$2,000$2,500$3,000200020052010201520202025RUC revaluationwRVU cut + E/M shift$3,018$1,258Inflation-adjusted (2025$)Nominal payment

15×

RTM encounter growth
since 2022

RTM encounters grew from 0.3M to 4.0M in three years. $187M in annual reimbursements. Adoption is still early.

Orthopedic RTM encounter volume, 2022–202501M2M3M4M0.3M$12M20220.9M$42M20232.3M$106M20244.0M$187M202598977 MSK device98980 mgmt (20min)98981 addl 20min98975 setup

Sources: CMS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, CMS Part B claims data. TKA = total knee arthroplasty (CPT 27447). RTM codes: 98975–98981.

Mallard: Your RTM Program, Fully Managed

Licensed Clinical Team
Our credentialed clinicians review patient data daily, flag deviations, and handle patient outreach — no additional hires needed.
Audit Trail
Every review session, call, and timer event is permanently recorded — nothing can be altered or deleted.
Billing Reports
Turn monitored patients into reimbursable encounters. Monthly reports with CPT 98980/98981 codes, ready for submission.
Patient Queue
See every patient's review status, cumulative time, and billing threshold at a glance.
HIPAA Compliant
Built for healthcare from day one. Patient data is encrypted, access is role-based, and every action is audit-logged.

How It Works

From data ingestion to billing: four steps to compliant RTM.

Connect Your Data

Patient health data flows automatically from partner devices and platforms into Mallard — no manual uploads, no duplicate entries.

Licensed Clinical Monitoring

Escalation & Provider Communication

Bill with Confidence

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