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Rehab Articles by Topic: Billing and Reimbursement

BRRR coding corner

  • Briefings on Outpatient Rehab: Reimbursement and Regulations, Issue 4, April 1, 2009

    Rick Gawenda, PT, answers questions about billing Medicare for VitalStim therapy and...

New specialty code for SLPs

  • Rehab Regs, Issue 5, March 20, 2009

    CMS developed a new non-physician practitioner specialty code, specialty code 15, to categorize SLP...

Need for women’s health specialists is growing

  • Briefings on Outpatient Rehab: Reimbursement and Regulations, Issue 3, March 1, 2009

    Incontinence is a large part of what is referred to as the women’s health market in the world...

BRRR Q&A

  • Briefings on Outpatient Rehab: Reimbursement and Regulations, Issue 3, March 1, 2009

    Nancy J. Beckley, MS, MBA, CHC, explains the questions managed care providers ask when negotiating...

BRRR coding corner

  • Briefings on Outpatient Rehab: Reimbursement and Regulations, Issue 12, December 1, 2008

    Rick Gawenda, PT, answers questions about medical necessity denials, the therapy caps, and more.

BRRR Q&A

  • Briefings on Outpatient Rehab: Reimbursement and Regulations, Issue 11, November 1, 2008

    Nancy Beckley answers questions about documentation for Medicare charts and planning treatment for...

California doctor indicted for fraudulently billing PT services

  • Rehab Regs, Issue 43, October 31, 2008

    Mark Thomas Paskewitz of Pasadena, CA was indicted October 22 for fraudulently billing Medicare for...

Documenting medical necessity

  • Rehab Regs, Issue 42, October 17, 2008

    Medicare may deny a claim due to it not having enough or appropriate documentation to show that the...

Improving your medical record documentation

  • Rehab Regs, Issue 39, September 19, 2008

    Documenting events, occurrences, interactions, and outcomes in a medical record serves many...

Delegating tasks and billing appropriately

  • Briefings on Outpatient Rehab: Reimbursement and Regulations, Issue 9, September 1, 2008

    When it comes to working with aides, most therapists have two questions: “What can aides...

BRRR coding corner

  • Briefings on Outpatient Rehab: Reimbursement and Regulations, Issue 9, September 1, 2008

    Rick Gawenda, PT, answers questions about local coverage determinations and CPT codes for SLPs.

PQRI update: The 2007 bonuses have arrived

  • Briefings on Outpatient Rehab: Reimbursement and Regulations, Issue 9, September 1, 2008

    Healthcare providers who participated in the 2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI...

Documenting initial evaluations

  • Rehab Regs, Issue 34, August 15, 2008

    The initial examination is usually your first encounter with your patient, and the resulting...