Highlights of Medicare for Clinicians

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Description

Back by Popular Request!

This course is a unique opportunity for clinicians to clarify how Medicare policies impact our daily documentation and share experiences with other rehab providers. Although much of this course relates to outpatient settings billing Medicare Part B, discussions related to documentation supporting medical necessity and demonstrating skilled intervention and progress are critical to therapy professionals in all settings.

This popular one-day course returns to address a variety of Medicare policies, procedures, and coding topics requested by attendees in our other courses. In addition, a variety of key resources that are easily accessible on-line will be viewed then provided as links for you to add to your bookmarks, tabs, and/or desktop or tablet home screen.

Instruction level: Basic to Intermediate
CE contact hours 8.0 (IL) *** Duration: 7.0 hours
Intended audience: PTs, PTAs, OTs, OTAs

Topics

Key topics for clinicians

• Skilled, therapeutic intervention and medical necessity
• Therapy Cap, the exception process, and manual medical review
• Treatment time and direct (one-on-one) contact time
• Connections between documentation and coding
• How to show progress especially when gains are slow yet incremental
• Part B billing scenarios for PTs and OTs
• Reporting functional limitations and goals, G codes and severity/complexity modifiers

Overview of Medicare documentation requirements

• Plan of Care certification and re-certification
• Progress Reports
• Daily Notes
• 8 Minute Rule
• Measurement tools to determine functional limitations
• Basis for selecting the severity modifier in functional reporting

Medicare Improvement Standard

• Clarifications vs changes to the Medicare Benefits Policy Manual
• Services only the PT or OT may provide (not PTA or OTA)
• Examples of maintenance therapy services that require skilled care

Online resources and published reference materials

IMPORTANT! 2-3 days prior to the CE event, you will receive your CE materials and Zoom registration link by email. This gives you the opportunity to preview, download or print, save, and refer back to the information at any time. If you do not receive your CE material please contact us before the day of the course or workshop.

Instructor

Sheryl Poremba, PT, CCM

Full Bio

Location

Location

Rehab Connections
Physical Therapy
and
Education and Training Center
14901 S. Founders Crossing, Homer Glen, IL 60491
Phone: (708) 301-9933

Registration: 8:00 am - 8:30 am
Course: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

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This course is 8.0 CE contact hours (IL). We will have a 1/2 hour lunch and limited breaks.
We recommend that you bring a lunch -- a small refrigerator and microwave will be available at the Education and Training Center in Homer Glen!

Tuition: $199.00

Seating is limited. Please register early!

Rehab Connections reserves the right to modify the content and the scheduled speakers when circumstances are beyond our control.

Rehab Connections is an approved continuing education sponsor through the State of Illinois; PT License No: 216-000101

Cancellations:
Registration fee, less a $50 administration fee per session, is refunded if notice of cancellation is received more than 10 days in advance of the CE event. Cancellations made less than 10 days in advance of the CE event date forfeit the entire tuition fee. Tuition can be transferred to another individual or another CE event, one time only. No transfer, refund or credit will be given for cancellation 3 days or less before the CE event, or when handouts or other CE event materials are available electronically, including but not limited to emailed or downloadable pdf documents.
All unapplied transfers and credits will expire September 26, 2026.

Rehab Connections reserves the right to cancel the CE event up to one week prior to the CE event. Rehab Connections will not be responsible for any charges incurred by the registrant due to the cancellation of the CE event, other than the CE event tuition.

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