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Postcard from Kathy Boo

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Steve is in the ballpark on his comments. Per the 2004 U.S. Master Tax Guide, the federal allowance for 2003 unreimbursed mileage is 36c per mile. For 2004 it is set to increase to 37.5c per mile. Jim <///>< Visit our website at: [url]http://www

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Hi Group! I thought I'd through a couple of new logs on the fire for this discussion. If you wish to look at the equipment as an exerciser then that's fine. You can advertise it as such and you can get stronger and such. There are tons of gyms out

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Can someone help me with the RBRVS value to plug in for 96110 and 96111 and/or what the Medicare fee schedule works out to be for these 2? Carol Ramsey, MS PT, CCM Regional Director of Rehabilitation Banner Health Colorado Region carol.ramsey@... WA

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Hello list, I would like to gather some opinions from the group on this subject... For any of you who work in an acute care hospital, what do you do in situations where physicians continue to insist on ordering whirlpool for wound patients after the

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Can anyone point me to the regulation which would dictate the rules to follow when a SNF would like to change a patients room? Is a SNF allowed to change a room with a 30 day notice or does a room change require the approval of the resident? Thanks

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Dear List-- Can anyone identify a vendor that supplies plastic needles? The item in question screws onto a syringe and is used to draw medication from a multiple dose vial. I've used them to draw medication for iontophoresis but cannot find a sourc

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We have recently added homebound speech therapy to our list of services and are having difficulty with coding for the SLPs services. The basic codes of 92506 and 92507 are fine, but where do we find the information on a diagnosis code for the treatm

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I am looking for Physical Therapy protocols for the Minimally Invasive Total Hip Replacement. Could anyone help me out? Ellen Linskens P.T.

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I was looking for some feedback regarding renting an extra room in an outpatient PT setting. Does anyone have any experiences good or bad in renting out a spare room to another discipline ie: Massage therapist, acupuncturist, chiropractor, MD etc

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I have seen responses before and unfortunately didn't save the responses so please bear with the repetition. I am looking for generally accepted formulas for detemining the value of a practice outside the hard assets and the primary variables and ho

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Good Afternoon all, Any users of Scheduling.com out there who would be willing to share some information regarding their use of the tool? Thank you Redge L MS OTR/L Director of Rehabilitation Services on Hospital Bremerton, WA 98310 Administ

By Guest guest, January 27, 2004
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Kathy- Please invite any and all of your staff ( members and non- members to be members) to the next East Central District Meetings- January 29th and February 26th. Attached is a flyer that could be posted. I hope you will plan to be an Assembly

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I know this has been brought up in the past but how are people charging for the fabrication of custom splints in the outpatient setting. Do you charge the CPT code for splints for example 29125 (application of static short arm splint) plus the HCPCS

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I just checked, and Wal-Mart stock has not changed much since the announcement of the boycott has been broadcast over this news board. Anyhow, it is a clever marketing idea for any business to try and set up shop in Wal-mart, heck even I thought abo

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Greetings colleagues, I have an OT on my staff who is tranfering with her husband (Navy) to Norfolk Virginia at the end of April. Once settled, she is hoping to start working again by mid summer. In my 10 years as Director I haven't had a stronger

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I'm treating a pt. 3 weeks post-op THR wbat. She's been on caseload for 2 weeks and 2 days. She's the perfect pt. very willing to do rehab - She was put on a walk to dine program (she wanted to walk more or was afraid she wouldn't get enough walking

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I have recently taken on the management of a new LTC site, and the administrator has asked me to hire a PT Aide to provide restorative services since " they are now covered as PT " . He is referencing Section 230.3 of the SNF Manual which reads as f

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Just went to the APTA seminar on coding and billing in Atlanta. When it comes to POPTS and " incident to " issues such as this we were informed to send the info to the APTA at the reimbursement area. Jim Nugent runs this area. When the APT

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Hi Bubba, We use an ABN form and explain to the patient that there is not enough research so Medicare will not pay for the iontophoresis (in Mid-Missouri) they do cover it in some areas. We then put a modifier on the bill notifying Medicare that we k

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Does anyone have first-hand knowledge of a good consulting group that can assist with our practice growth and direction. Specifically, I am a private practice owner trying to learn more about being an executive and making the right decisions when it

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Tom, As we've chatted about on RehabEdge, some employers try to use their CRA status to bill part A, and think that because they are doing so, they are exempt from the outpatient therapy rules governing the way that aides can be used. It is my pers

By Guest guest, February 12, 2004
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Rosemarie - I'm sending you a copy of our wound eval via email (just so you know what that is when you receive an attachment). We've been using it for quite awhile and find it useful. Good luck! Chris Deering, PT Inpatient Rehabilitation Services R

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Please read through for my responses... RE: transifional DPT programs > Again. I am sorry if some are taking offense with this thread. A LOT of assumptions are being made about my positions regarding the DPT. The current discussion is not

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Regarding PT's being athletic trainers. Can one deny the higher level degree. Such as a massage therapist who is also a PT can they ever go back to being a massage therapist or will they always be held to the professional and liability standards of

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Postcard from Kathy Boo

Steve is in the ballpark on his comments. Per the 2004 U.S. Master Tax Guide, the federal allowance for 2003 unreimbursed mileage is 36c per mile. For 2004 it is set to increase to 37.5c per mile. Jim <///>< Visit our website at: [url]http://www

Hi Group! I thought I'd through a couple of new logs on the fire for this discussion. If you wish to look at the equipment as an exerciser then that's fine. You can advertise it as such and you can get stronger and such. There are tons of gyms out

Can someone help me with the RBRVS value to plug in for 96110 and 96111 and/or what the Medicare fee schedule works out to be for these 2? Carol Ramsey, MS PT, CCM Regional Director of Rehabilitation Banner Health Colorado Region carol.ramsey@... WA

Hello list, I would like to gather some opinions from the group on this subject... For any of you who work in an acute care hospital, what do you do in situations where physicians continue to insist on ordering whirlpool for wound patients after the

Can anyone point me to the regulation which would dictate the rules to follow when a SNF would like to change a patients room? Is a SNF allowed to change a room with a 30 day notice or does a room change require the approval of the resident? Thanks

Dear List-- Can anyone identify a vendor that supplies plastic needles? The item in question screws onto a syringe and is used to draw medication from a multiple dose vial. I've used them to draw medication for iontophoresis but cannot find a sourc

We have recently added homebound speech therapy to our list of services and are having difficulty with coding for the SLPs services. The basic codes of 92506 and 92507 are fine, but where do we find the information on a diagnosis code for the treatm

I am looking for Physical Therapy protocols for the Minimally Invasive Total Hip Replacement. Could anyone help me out? Ellen Linskens P.T.

I was looking for some feedback regarding renting an extra room in an outpatient PT setting. Does anyone have any experiences good or bad in renting out a spare room to another discipline ie: Massage therapist, acupuncturist, chiropractor, MD etc

I have seen responses before and unfortunately didn't save the responses so please bear with the repetition. I am looking for generally accepted formulas for detemining the value of a practice outside the hard assets and the primary variables and ho

Good Afternoon all, Any users of Scheduling.com out there who would be willing to share some information regarding their use of the tool? Thank you Redge L MS OTR/L Director of Rehabilitation Services on Hospital Bremerton, WA 98310 Administ

Kathy- Please invite any and all of your staff ( members and non- members to be members) to the next East Central District Meetings- January 29th and February 26th. Attached is a flyer that could be posted. I hope you will plan to be an Assembly

I know this has been brought up in the past but how are people charging for the fabrication of custom splints in the outpatient setting. Do you charge the CPT code for splints for example 29125 (application of static short arm splint) plus the HCPCS

I just checked, and Wal-Mart stock has not changed much since the announcement of the boycott has been broadcast over this news board. Anyhow, it is a clever marketing idea for any business to try and set up shop in Wal-mart, heck even I thought abo

Greetings colleagues, I have an OT on my staff who is tranfering with her husband (Navy) to Norfolk Virginia at the end of April. Once settled, she is hoping to start working again by mid summer. In my 10 years as Director I haven't had a stronger

I'm treating a pt. 3 weeks post-op THR wbat. She's been on caseload for 2 weeks and 2 days. She's the perfect pt. very willing to do rehab - She was put on a walk to dine program (she wanted to walk more or was afraid she wouldn't get enough walking

I have recently taken on the management of a new LTC site, and the administrator has asked me to hire a PT Aide to provide restorative services since " they are now covered as PT " . He is referencing Section 230.3 of the SNF Manual which reads as f

Just went to the APTA seminar on coding and billing in Atlanta. When it comes to POPTS and " incident to " issues such as this we were informed to send the info to the APTA at the reimbursement area. Jim Nugent runs this area. When the APT

Hi Bubba, We use an ABN form and explain to the patient that there is not enough research so Medicare will not pay for the iontophoresis (in Mid-Missouri) they do cover it in some areas. We then put a modifier on the bill notifying Medicare that we k

Does anyone have first-hand knowledge of a good consulting group that can assist with our practice growth and direction. Specifically, I am a private practice owner trying to learn more about being an executive and making the right decisions when it

Tom, As we've chatted about on RehabEdge, some employers try to use their CRA status to bill part A, and think that because they are doing so, they are exempt from the outpatient therapy rules governing the way that aides can be used. It is my pers

Rosemarie - I'm sending you a copy of our wound eval via email (just so you know what that is when you receive an attachment). We've been using it for quite awhile and find it useful. Good luck! Chris Deering, PT Inpatient Rehabilitation Services R

Please read through for my responses... RE: transifional DPT programs > Again. I am sorry if some are taking offense with this thread. A LOT of assumptions are being made about my positions regarding the DPT. The current discussion is not

Regarding PT's being athletic trainers. Can one deny the higher level degree. Such as a massage therapist who is also a PT can they ever go back to being a massage therapist or will they always be held to the professional and liability standards of

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