On July 13, 2021 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released their Proposed Payment Rule for Calendar Year 2022. We’ve taken the liberty of summarizing the key proposed changes that will directly affect outpatient rehab therapy services.
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Within this blog, we are discussing 5 common reasons why physical therapy claims get denied. By recognizing some of the most common errors that lead to denials, you can establish checks and balances to help mitigate your denial percentage, improving your practice’s bottom line.
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If a patient believes a treatment will work there is a strong likelihood that they will have a positive outcome from that treatment. The more educated they are on their condition, prognosis, your intervention and how it would help toward achieving their goals, as well as the patient’s role in the plan of care, the better and more likely they are to achieve good outcomes.
The discharge summary is a very important part of the required documentation during a patient’s episode of care. This is essentially your last chance to support the medical necessity of the skilled services you provided.
The Patient Contract: Their Role in Their Plan of Care By: Cheryl “Chae” Dimapasoc Canon, PT, DPT; OptimisPT Director of Implementation and Compliance One of the biggest challenges in therapy remains getting the patient to consistently adhere to their prescribed home exercise program (HEP). We found some great articles that Read more…
Administering Functional Outcome Measures: Considerations for Maintaining Validity and Efficiency By: Jennifer Heiligman, PT, MPT Outcome measures are validated functional scales or surveys used to assess a patient’s functional deficits and impairments with the resulting findings used to establish a treatment plan and goals for therapy leading to better outcomes. Read more…
When to Use a Progress Report vs. a Plan of Care When Treating Medicare Patients By: Jennifer Heiligman, PT, MPT We all know Medicare likes to keep us on our toes in terms of outpatient rehab therapy documentation requirements. In addition, those requirements are not always communicated in the clearest Read more…
Setting Goals in Your Therapy Documentation: Audit Pitfalls and Recommendations By: Cheryl “Chae” Dimapasoc Canon, PT, DPT; OptimisPT Director of Implementation and Compliance Setting goals within the initial evaluation is a place where many therapists get “stuck” as they try to ensure they satisfy the stringent requirements set by the Read more…