Course Description
Gear up your rehab organization for a profitable 2009.Tune up your documentation skills for better reimbursement with this 60-min audio learning CD with expert speaker
Rick Gawenda, PT. In Part 1 of this 2-part series, Rick will share his highly sought-after rehab documentation tips, focusing on evaluations and re-evaluations. Plus, he'll reveal whether you'll have any new CPT codes to report in 2009 and what they are.
Who should purchase? Rehab managers and directors, practice owners, staff therapists, coders, billers, office managers, compliance personnel, and auditors.
Topics covered:- Finally unveiled: Whether rehab providers will have new CPT codes -- and their reimbursement status
- What "skilled therapy" really means ... in your profession's and payer's eyes. Plus, common misconceptions that can cost you
- Identify reasonable and necessary criteria for skilled therapy services. Here's what most therapists miss
- Key documentation elements that support skilled therapy services for evals and re-evals
- How to write short- and long-term function-based goals that support reimbursement. Hint: You don't have to write a book
About the SpeakerRick Gawenda, PT, is the director of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Detroit Receiving Hospital and the owner of Gawenda Seminars. 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. Gawenda is on the editorial advisory board for Advance for Directors In Rehabilitation, Briefings on Outpatient Rehab Reimbursement and Regulations, and Eli’s Rehab Report.
Gawenda is the consulting editor for Outpatient Physical Therapy Coding Alert. He is the current President of the Michigan Association of Medical Program Rehabilitation Administrators, a member of the APTA, and the President of the Health Policy & Administration section of the APTA. 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.