Re: Help!! 700/701

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Mike:

Your questions from Guam are the same as in the states. In reference to

your 700/701 forms. Remember that those forms are billing forms only. The

information provided should identify the problems and how they apply to the

current onset. The 700 does not replace your initial evaluation. From my

contacts, the 700/701 are on the way out the door--FIs are not finding them

useful in todays PPS system. When setting up a new system, it would be to

your advantage to model forms/documentation within the Standard of PT

Practice, Preferred Practice Guidelines, and Guide to PT Documentation, all

of which are in the Preferred Practice Reference--PT Magazine November 1997.

It's easier to " argue " potential denials if you have documents to support

your system.

I reguard to your question:

>revised SNF regulations, or have SNF regulations be revised where for

SNFpatients reviewers are going to start denying payment for patients that

don't have 700s signed and completed.

>

The denial of a claim without a signature or incomplete is a " technical

error " it's easy for the FI to deny this payment because it is black and

white. This is not a change.

In reguard to:

>Further, we are using 700s for ALL patients on SNF because the theory goes

that they may end up as Medicaid patients and therefore need to have

certification

--once again, the 700 form is a billing form, it would be to your advantage

to do an inital evaluation according to the Standards of Practice than to

satify a " form " requirement--it's an opportuninty to educate the payor of a

quality standard.

>

>Sheri Bjork, PT, MBA

JS Consulting

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