Audio Conferences
Audio Conferences
Documentation to Support Skilled PT, OT, and Speech Therapy Services: Prove Medical Necessity with Accurate Documentation Part 1
This 1.5 hour audio conference will thoroughly review Medicare Part B and other 3rd party payer documentation rules, regulations, and guidelines for initial evaluations and re-evaluations. This audio conference is also applicable to evaluations and re-evaluations provided in the following settings: Inpatient Rehab Facilities, Skilled Nursing Facilities Part A reimbursed under PPS, and Home Health.
Agenda:
- Initial Evaluation Documentation Requirements
- History of current illness/injury
- Prior and current functional status
- Objective data, tests, and measurements
- Plan of care requirements
- Function-based goal writing
- Re-evaluation
- Criteria for a re-evaluation
- Components of a re-evaluation
- Frequency of a re-evaluation
- Q&A
Learning Objectives:
- Describe and implement the necessary components of documentation for evaluations and re-evaluations to support skilled therapy services for reimbursement
- Identify criteria when a re-evaluation may be reasonable and necessary to perform
- Be able to write function-based short and long-term goals based on the patient's functional deficits
Comprehension of Rehabilitation CPT Coding
Understanding CCI Edits and Medicare's "8-Minute Rule"

