BBA of 1997 & PPS workshop

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This is an advertisemnet for all those who supscribe to ptmanager.

A workshop on " Everything you need to know about the Balanced Budget Act of 1997

and PPS " that includes a clinical and operational model will be held this

Saturday September 19th in Toledo OH.

This workshop was developed for PT, LPTA, OT, COTA & SLP's who work in a SNF.

Presenters include Kovacek MSA PT and Janet Weinberg OTR.

This is the last of 4 workshops offered this summer. There are a few seats

still open and we are offering a discount to those on ptmanager of 20%.

OH Lic. PT, LPTA, OT, COTA and SLP's can receive upto 5.25 ceu's.

Please contact Dominck Guida at ADG Professional Development Company

1- / 1- (direct line)for more info or email at

mrguida@infinet or visit ptotads.com and go to the seminar section for more

details.

comfar as weekends go, you should only have to see those patients who 1)

> were admitted late in the week and did not receive their five days (more or

> less, perhaps) that week, 2) missed a day of therapy during the week due to

> illness, etc..., and 3) were admitted on Saturday or perhaps early on

> Sunday. This obviously refers only to Med A /PPS patients and not to

> managed care patients, as some MC contracts call for 7 days of therapy per

> week. These conditions are obviously at the discretion of the attending

> therapist who has developed the Rx plan and is monitoring continuity of

> care, etc... You do not have to use days 1-5 but since your unit has a

> relatively low LOS, you will likely need to see your weekend admits sometime

> during the weekend for your department's reimbursement sake and most

> importantly for the good of the short-term pt. who needs as many services as

> you can provide. For example, a pt. who is transferred to your unit on Sat.

> a.m. should not wait for therapy intervention until Monday. This disrupts

> the continuity of care. You could: 1)eval & Rx the pt. on Sat. and then use

> days 1-5, or 2)eval & Rx the pt. on Sun a.m. and then use days 2-6. There

> are many scenarios to this approach; hope this provides some info as far as

> weekend staffing goes.

>

> Dean Myers, MS, PT

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> Re: PPS -Reply -Reply

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> In response to:

> We are a medicare-certified

> outpatient rehab agency that contracts with SNFs. Most

> of the SNFs went under PPS in July. We have reduce our

> staff size in most of these facilities because of the reimbursement,

> but most of my problems stem from the lack of knowledge on

> the part of the nursing home about the regs.....can u tell me

> what ur experiences have been?

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> To the entire list:

> >>>We go under PPS Jan 1, 1999. My biggest questions at this point are

> " what rehab services I should provide on Saturday, Sunday, and

> holidays... in order to maximize reimbursement, yet keep salary costs to

> a

> minimum... as much as possible. Also, do we always have to use day

> 1-5 as our reference assessment period or can we use grace days on

> weekend admits and shift our reference assessment period to days 2

> through 6 or 3 through 7... etc.

>

> I work in a hospital-based SNF with an average LOS of ~15 days. This

> makes things a little different for us. Our therapists are employees of

> the

> hospital, so we do not have any services that are " contracted. "

>

> Any input or help would be appreciated,

> Tina

> Indpls, IN

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> >>> 09/03/98 09:50am >>>

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