Platform
The ingredients of open-label placebo, engineered into software.
Rxpect packages rationale, ritual, and measurement into one version-locked program, so the protocol a patient receives is the protocol that was studied.
How it works
Four steps, the same way every day.
01 · Understand
A self-paced rationale explains how placebo effects work and why an honest placebo can still help. Comprehension is checked, not assumed.
02 · Practice
A brief daily ritual on the phone replaces the pill. Consistency is the point: the same steps, every day.
03 · Track
Patients log pain and complete the ritual in one flow, creating a daily adherence and symptom record.
04 · Review
Clinicians and researchers see exports traceable to the exact build that produced them.
Principles
What makes the protocol hold up.
Transparent by design
No deception, ever. Patients are told what the program is and what it is not.
Version-locked
The rationale and ritual are locked per build, so every patient receives an identical protocol.
Measurement-native
Patient-reported outcomes and adherence are captured as part of the experience, not as an afterthought.
No hardware
Runs on the patient's own phone. Nothing to ship, nothing to return.
Remote therapeutic monitoring
Designed for the codes clinics already use
For 2026, CMS added RTM codes that let clinics bill for musculoskeletal patients who log as few as two days of data in a month. Rxpect is built so that the daily ritual and the daily data point are the same action.
Source: CMS MM14250- 98985Device supply, 2–15 days of data in a month
- 98977Device supply, 16–30 days of data in a month
- 98979First 10 minutes of monthly treatment management
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