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(2022 – Becky, PT)
Q: Is documenting total treatment minutes and CPT codes every day enough for Medicare Part A requirements?
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(2022 Kayla, OT)
Q: Do we have to complete a discharge and then do a new evaluation when residents switch from Medicare A to Medicare B?
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(2022 – KM)
Q: Will ability to use telehealth in the SNF with Part A patients continue 151 days post end of PHE, the same as outpatient services (Part B billed?) per the Consolidated Appropriations act of 2022?
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(2022)
Q: What is the status with the Waiver for the PHE and when does it end?
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(2022)
Q: Can a RN provide respiratory therapy services in the SNF and the minutes be counted on the MDS?
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(2022- Devon, COTA)
Q: I know that Medicare Part B does not allow assistants to write progress notes or discharge summaries, but is it ok if a PTA or COTA does it if the PT or OT cosigns it? That’s how our software is set up.
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(2022)
Q: What is the status with the Waiver for the PHE and when does it end?
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[2022]
Q: “When a resident on caseload has a change of payer, is a new evaluation required?
Asking particularly for Medicare Part A?
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Q: Can you direct me to any resources for Swing Beds in a hospital that follow the MDS and/or SNF rules?
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(2021 – PR, MDS Coord)
Q: What is the status with the Waiver for the PHE and when does it end?
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(2021 – SLP, DOR)
Q: We have a patient with CVA who is receiving Speech Therapy for swallow and language. The SLP now feels a cognitive assessment should be completed. Should she bill for the cognitive assessment even though an eval charge was submitted?”
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(2021 – JJ, MDS Coordinator, TX)
Q: What is the status with the Waiver for the PHE and when does it end?
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(2021 – DL, COTA/DOR)
Q: I have a question regarding the BIMS. Our speech therapist is performing the BIMS in our SNF. I was told by our MDS Coordinator they can’t be done the same day the patient is admitted. Is this true?
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(2021 – JJ, OT/DOR)
Q: Our therapy company is instructing us to bill a 1 time treatment with an evaluation that does not recommend therapy services in the plan of care. Is there a rule on this?
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(2021 – AD, PT/DOR)
Q: For a SNF resident to be eligible for Medicare A coverage with only skilled rehab (not nursing), is it at least one therapy discipline 5 days per week, or is it a combination of disciplines to equal 5 days per week? In other words, can be combine disciplines to cover the 5 days per week requirement?
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(2021 – PT DOR)
Q: When should a re-evaluation be performed? Is there a difference for therapy evals and re-evals for Med A and Med B patients?”
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(2021 – Deb, OTR, DOR)
Q: When is the last day we can use the SNF 1135 Waivers? And what happens if we have residents on Medicare Part A when the Waiver ends?
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