- Home
- » e-Newsletters
CMS searching for alternative therapy payment systems
Rehab Private Practice Alert, October 25, 2006
CMS released three studies this week that the agency is using in an attempt to fine alternative payment systems to replace the therapy cap, according to PT Bulletin Online.
The studies took a closer look at Medicare outpatient therapy services and included a study on pay-for-performance.
The American Physical Therapy Association is analyzing the studies and said it will issue summaries on its thoughts soon.
To view the studies, go to www.cms.hhs.gov/therapyservices/. The pay-for-performance study was conducted by Focus on Therapeutic Outcomes, while Computer Sciences Corporation conducted the other two.
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- HIPAA Q&A: Flu shot requirement for hospital employees
- HealthDataInsights posts new issues for medical necessity claims
- Running an effective peer review committee meeting
- Q&A: Incidental disclosures and patient privacy
- New FAQ posted on storing laryngoscope blades
- Sneak Peek: Effort underway to establish caseload benchmarks
- Tip: Perform your own internal investigation prior to government audit
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- HIPAA 5010 deadline extended, but threat remains, says AMA
- HHS task force: Consider privacy, security with text messages
- E-mailed
-
- Running an effective peer review committee meeting
- HIPAA Q&A: Flu shot requirement for hospital employees
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- HHS task force: Consider privacy, security with text messages
- Tip: Correctly code bilateral pain management procedures
- Code changes should help ease the pain when coding for facet joint injections
- 2012 CPT code changes for ASCs: Shoulder and knee scopes and pain management
- COT basics to best
- Documentation and coding for toxic metabolic encephalopathy
- Searched