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Sponsored by The How-To Manual for Rehab Documentation

presented on February 7, 2007

Has your facility been keeping up with all the changes in rehab documentation?

When CMS released Transmittal 60, it made several modifications to its documentation policies that become effective on January 1, 2007. If your facility is not aware of the current documentation policies, it could be failing to document necessary services incorrectly and be risking denials.

Rehab providers are now required to file regular progress reports, and CMS’ rules stipulate strict limits on how to obtain signatures and who can write certain notes. The changes make a lot of the requirements that were once left up to individual states now national, forcing outpatient rehab providers around the country to adhere to the new rules to prove medical necessity and receive accurate reimbursement.

Listen to The 2007 Documentation Rules for Outpatient Rehab: Essential requirements for documentation success, during which our experts will cover all the 2006 changes in order to help you gain a better understanding of Medicare’s new policies. Participants will learn how to write complete and accurately dated progress reports and treatment notes, and will receive tips on achieving better documentation. The speakers will also inform listeners when and how to perform reevaluations and how to document evaluations correctly.

AGENDA

• Changes for 2007
  • What’s new?
    • Definitions
• Evaluations
  • What your documentation must contain
    • Prior patient function
    • Current function
    • Function-based goals
    • Objective data
  • Why you must have this information
• Re-evaluations
  • Criteria to perform a reevaluation
  • Recertifications vs. reevaluations
• Progress Reports
  • Key elements of these reports
  • How to accurately describe objective statements
  • Progress reports that prove necessity of skilled services
  • Time frames for reports
    • Reporting period
    • Billable services
• Treatment Notes
  • Appropriate content
  • Documenting time
• Discharge requirements
• Q and A

MEET THE SPEAKERS

Rick Gawenda, PT, is the director of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Detroit Receiving Hospital and the owner of Gawenda Seminars. Gawenda has worked in all areas of therapy within the hospital and home healthcare setting. He has provided education and consulting to hospitals, rehabilitation agencies, private practices, and his peers in the areas of CPT and ICD-9 coding, billing, documentation, reimbursement, and the appeals process for Medicare denied claims as they pertain to outpatient rehabilitation therapy services. He is the current President of the Michigan Association of Medical Program Rehabilitation Administrators, a member of the APTA, and the incoming President of the Health Policy & Administration section of the APTA. Rick is also on the editorial board for Briefings on Outpatient Rehab: Reimbursement and Regulations. He authored HCPro’s Coding and Billing for Outpatient Rehab Made Easy: Proper Use of CPT Codes, ICD-9 Codes, and Modifiers and The How-To Manual for Rehab Documentation.

Angela M. Phillips, PT, is President and Chief Executive Officer of Images & Associates. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, School of Allied Health Professions, Phillips has almost 30 years experience as a consultant, therapist, manager, educator, and hospital administrator, including extensive experience as a consultant for rehabilitation programs across the country.  She is nationally recognized as a speaker on leadership and administration, quality improvement, customer service, documentation requirements, compliance, preparation for JCAHO, and a wide variety of topics key to practice success. She is also on the editorial board for Briefings on Outpatient Rehab: Reimbursement and Regulations and the author of The Desktop Consultant: The Rehab Department’s Guide to JCAHO.

WHO SHOULD LISTEN?

Rehab managers and directors, private practice owners and CEOs, PTs, OTs, and SLPs, PT assistants, OT assistants, and SNF directors who use Part B.

Purchase a tape or CD of the program and listen when you can. It's a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.

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