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Changes in Medicare Payment & Coverage in the Post-Acute Care
Setting
September 10, 2009
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Expert Speakers:
Ellen Strunk, PT, MS, GCS, received her master's degree in
physical therapy from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Since
that time, she has worked in various roles & settings as both
clinician & manager/director: hospital; transitional care; Director
of rehab for a hospital home health agency; Clinical Consultant,
Director of a HH staffing division, and Director of Governmental Affairs
for a company providing rehab services in long term care, home health
& outpatient settings. Presently, Ellen is owner of Rehab Resources
& Consulting, Inc., a company providing continuing education and
consulting services for post-acute care settings. She specializes in
helping customers understand the CMS prospective payment systems in
skilled nursing facilities and home health settings, and especially how
to deliver medically necessary therapy services in these settings. Her
experience includes utilizing medical record reviews and data systems to
help both inpatient and outpatient therapy providers meet regulatory
guidelines.
Ellen earned her APTA Board Certification in Geriatric Physical
Therapy in 1999. Ellen is a member of the American Physical Therapy
Association, where she serves as director on the APTA Section on
Geriatrics (SOG) Board, and is a member of the APTA Home Health Section
& the APTA Health Policy & Administration Sections. She serves
in the dual role of treasurer and chairperson of the Practice &
Reimbursement Committee for the Alabama Physical Therapy
Association.
Anita Bemis-Dougherty, PT, DPT, MAS, received a bachelor of
science degree in physical therapy at The University of Maryland,
Baltimore, MD, and masters degree in Administration from the Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, and doctorate in physical
therapy from Widener University in Pennsylvania.
Anita has worked in tertiary, academic medical institutions which
included a variety of clinical settings including outpatient, acute
care, and acute inpatient rehabilitation. Previously, she was the
physical therapy manager at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore,
Maryland. She joined the staff of the American Physical Therapy
Association (APTA) in June 2006 and is currently an associate director
in the Department of Practice. She has been involved in the APTA
initiatives related to physical therapy documentation, Peer Review, fall
risk reduction and prevention, and use of the International
Classification of Function and Disability (ICF).
Matt Elrod, PT, DPT, MEd, NCS, is presently an associate
director in the Practice Department of the American Physical Therapy
Association. In this position, he provides consultation to other APTA
departments and members, liaisons with various external organizations
and contributes to policy development to advance the practice of
physical therapy.
He earned his doctorate in physical therapy from Marymount University
and masters of education from the Citadel in Exercise Physiology. He
earned his physical therapy degree from the Medical University of South
Carolina. Dr. Elrod has more than 15 years experience working in the
field of physical therapy. He has worked as a physical therapist in
acute care, acute rehabilitation, and outpatient settings. He is an APTA
Board Certified Specialist in Neurologic Physical Therapy. He has served
as a reviewer for the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation
Facilities' accreditation criteria for SCI Units; a member of the
Physical Therapy Subject Matter Expert Committee for the Federation of
State Boards of Physical Therapy; an expert reviewer for the Consortium
for Spinal Cord Injury Medicine's "Spinal Cord Injury and Pressure Sore
Clinical Guidelines"; and a peer reviewer for the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality's "The Management of Chronic Central Neuropathic
Pain Following Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in Adults and Adolescents."
He has been an active member of the American Physical Therapy
Association both at the local and national levels where he served as the
component President for the District of Columbia.
Ellen Strunk, an expert on SNF payment policy under Medicare, will be
joined by Anita Bemis-Dougherty and Matt Elrod, APTA Associate Directors
in the Practice Department and experts on IRF payment under Medicare to
provide a detailed analysis of what is included in the IRF and SNF
prospective payment system 2010 final rules and what you need to know to
ensure that you are complying with the new requirements. During the Q
& A session following the presentation, you may ask your questions
directly to the experts.
Original Audio Conference Description:
Significant changes in the Medicare regulations regarding skilled
nursing (SNFs) and inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) will
become effective shortly. In the 2010 final rules for IRFs and SNFs, the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) set forth new
requirements that will significantly impact the way that physical
therapists practice in these settings. Changes will affect the way that
physical therapists document and provide concurrent therapy in the SNF
setting as well as how information is recorded on the Minimum Data Set
(MDS). In the IRF setting, physical therapists will be required to make
considerable changes in the manner in which they document clinical
findings and develop the plan of care.
Upon completion of this audio conference, you will be able to:
- Clearly articulate the provisions of the IRF and SNF PPS final rules
as they relate to physical therapy.
- Understand how these changes will affect the practice of physical
therapy as well as your overall facility.
- Determine any facility changes that will need to take place in order
to comply with the new requirements.
- Identify any adjustments in your current documentation practices
that will need modification to satisfy the new requirements.
- And much more!
Continuing Education Units: Each registered participant will
receive a Certificate of Attendance to earn .2 CEU or 2 contact hours
after successful completion of a test with a score of 70% or better.
[Last updated: 09/10/09 | Contact: advocacy@apta.org]
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