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Documentation 201 : Payment Policy and Coding

Credit Hours(s)1.0

InstructorsJoanne Brown, MS, OT, CHT

Price$19.00 USD

Format(s)Downloadable Course in PDF, Text

Educational Objectives

Provide a brief overview of health care reform and its impact on physical therapy and third-party payers in context of reform environment
Describe Medicare settings that outpatient services are provided in, as well as the characteristic policies and key compliance elements required by Medicare and other third-party payers
Outline Medicare guidelines for documenting skilled therapy services
List the components of documentation for Medicare, including initial evaluations including plan of care, progress notes, session notes, reevaluations, and discharge summaries
Understand basics of functional limitation reporting, physician quality reporting system and diagnosis coding and CPT coding for billing and payment purposes
Summarize guidelines for CPT coding that may facilitate payment for services and minimize payment delays and denials

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