Online Continuing Education Courses

Payment Policy and Coding

• 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