*Addition on 5/5/20: CMS provided confirmation in a Office Hour Call that Telehealth for therapy services applied to Private Practice only. SNF and other institutional settings are excluded. CMS will post the transcripts to this call on their Podcast … [Read more...]
Medicare Part B Virtual Service Types – PT, OT and Speech
The info-blast article, Keeping Up With COVID-19: Waiver Impact for SNF Medicare Part A and Part B , was released last week to help SNF therapy professionals navigate through the temporary changes in the regulations related to the National Emergency. … [Read more...]
Skilled Maintenance Therapy In The SNF & The New Assistant Modifiers
Think back to 6th grade English class for a minute—remember those fun figures of speech? The metaphor…simile…hyperbole… onomatopoeia …alliteration. Do you remember the oxymoron? You know the ones…jumbo shrimp...awful good...icy … [Read more...]
Breathe Easy! Respiratory Therapy and the MDS
Respiratory Therapy (RT) is not new to the skilled nursing facility (SNF) setting or new to the Minimum Data Set (MDS). The data for RT has been coded in Section O of the MDS for years, generating a Special Care High Nursing score...the second … [Read more...]
For SNF Therapists: Takeaways From The Medicare Part B Final Rule For 1/1/20
Therapists in the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) setting are starting out 2020 with a few new requirements to tackle. No shocker there. What isn't changing these days?!! The 2475-page Final Rule [Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule CY2020] released … [Read more...]
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