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The Year Ahead: Outpatient Physical Therapy Coding and
Reimbursement
December 5, 2006
CDs of this event (Product ID# AV-28VP), which include the audio
conference recording and handouts, are now
available.
Member price: $79; Nonmembers: $149 (plus shipping and handling)
Expert Speakers:
Pamela R West, PT, DPT, MPH, is a health insurance specialist
in the Division of Practitioner Services, Hospital and Ambulatory Policy
Group, at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. She is
responsible for analyzing, interpreting, and developing policy and
payment issues relating to rehabilitation, including private practice,
institutional therapy providers, coding issues, fee schedule payment,
and more. She is lead staff for CMS physician fee schedule practice
expense issues relating to inputs. As a physical therapist, she also has
extensive background in clinical service delivery.
Helene Fearon, PT, co-owner of Fearon Physical Therapy and
principal in the Rehabilitation Consulting & Resource Institute Inc,
has more than 28 years of experience as a physical therapist in varied
settings. She has worked as a clinician and an administrator in
hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home health, and outpatient
clinics. Her current private practice focuses on work injury management
and manual orthopedic physical therapy. She is a consultant and peer
reviewer for multiple payers, both private and federal as well as for
peer review organizations. Fearon is president of the Physical Therapy
Licensing Board for the State of Arizona and also is a member of the
Arizona Physical Therapy Association's Payer Relations Committee. She is
a member of the American Medical Association's (AMA) Current Procedural
Terminology (CPT) Editorial Panel. In that role Fearon represents the
needs of non-physician providers in the development and use of CPT
codes.
Stephen M Levine, PT, DPT, MSHA, is the founder of the
Rehabilitation Consulting & Resource Institute Inc, (RCRI), an
independent consulting firm focusing on practice management and
reimbursement strategies in the outpatient rehabilitation setting. For
over 15 years, Levine has been a consultant to physical therapy
providers, local and national third-party payers, regulators, and case
management agencies in the areas of CPT coding and relative values,
RBRVS, cost containment, fraud and abuse, medical necessity and quality
assurance issues, reimbursement strategies for physical therapy
services, and physical therapy peer/utilization review. Additionally, he
has worked extensively with federal investigative and law enforcement
agencies in the areas of fraud, abuse, medical necessity, utilization
management, and medical policy review. Prior to development of RCRI, he
was involved in operation and ownership of a private practice in
Maryland for 18 years. As the former national APTA appointee to the
AMA's Health Care Professional's Advisory Committee of the Relative
Value Update Committee (RUC), Levine is considered one of the foremost
experts on Medicare policy and development and implementation of RBRVS
under Medicare.
Original Audio Conference Description:
Changes to 2007 payments for outpatient physical therapy services may
have a dramatic effect on your reimbursement. Find out the latest
information on the new Medicare payment rates, and be prepared for
coding challenges next year to ensure you receive the reimbursement you
are entitled to by correctly coding for your services.
CMS (Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services) official Pamela R
West, PT, DPT, MPH, joins expert outpatient physical therapy practice
management and reimbursement consultants Stephen Levine, PT, DPT, MSHA,
and Helene Fearon, PT, to tell you what you need to know about coding
and payment for outpatient physical therapy services in 2007. During a Q
& A session following the overview, you may ask your questions
directly to the leading authorities on these issues.
Upon completion of this audio conference, you'll be able to:
- Determine the bottom-line impact on your practice of CMS's changes
to the physician fee schedule;
- Reduce billing errors by identifying the correct CPT codes and
modifiers to describe your services;
- Respond to payment and coding challenges that affect your
billing;
- Adapt your practice to comply with the recent Medicare
clarifications regarding documentation;
- Cite the latest government activities regarding documentation, the
therapy cap, and the fee schedule;
- Illustrate the changes to your colleagues;
- 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.
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