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Pre-conference Seminar you cannot afford to miss!!
Friday, July 25, 2008 – 8:00am – 11:30am
Reimbursement Issues in Outpatient Physical
Therapy: Assuring Compliance & Avoiding Fraud & Abuse
Speaker: Stephen M. Levine, PT, DPT, MSHA
Fees: (includes
seminar materials and box lunch at its conclusion)
$100 Members of MIUSA / MICan
$150 Non-members
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Course Objectives
- Understand why physical therapy is a Prime Target for audit and investigation activities and the implication for physical therapy providers, particularly McKenzie therapists.
- Understand the concepts of Fraud and Abuse as well as the risk areas for fraudulent or abusive behavior specific to rehabilitation.
- Understand the definition of Medical Necessity in private pay and apply the definition to your practice environment.
- Understand the requirements of skilled care under Medicare and ensure you have the information to ensure compliance with these requirements.
- Understand documentation issues from an auditor’s
perspective and learn how to ensure documentation content helps to minimize
the risk of positive audit findings.
- Understand the CPT Coding process and Resource Based Fee Schedule methodology and their implication to physical therapist practice
- Be able to describe the CPT codes most frequently used in describing Physical Therapist Practice (intent and application).
- Identify areas of risk in coding from a compliance perspective and learn documentation tips important in support of the use of codes to describe clinical practice (all settings)
- Learn how to minimize your risk of a Medicare audit or investigation.
Program Content
- Case Study: A McKenzie therapist is audited: Understand the implications to practice
- Understanding why Physical Therapy is a Prime Target for Investigation and Audit activities
- Definitions of Medical Necessity in Private Pay
- Review of Skilled Care Requirements under Medicare
- Documentation Issues: An Audit Perspective and Functional Outcomes Reporting
- Intent, application, and documentation of most common CPT coding for Physical Therapy Practice
- How to Minimize the Risk of an Audit
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