Guest guest Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 No, hospital based practices do not fall under the cap. The hospital would still be reimbursed for the service they provide. At least this is my interpretation of the cap and from what I can remember when we went through this before. Adam Adam Paris P.T. Director of Rehabilitation Services The Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Center polis, MD Bowie, MD sville, MD CAP If patients have received therapy else where and met their CAP for the year and then they go to a hospital based outpatient department does this mean that the hospital will not be reimbursed. This is with the assumption that the patient still requires skilled services. Carol Sangi PT Director, Therapy Services Bayonne Medical Center Phone: Fax: e-mail: csangi@... ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.clearswift.com ********************************************************************** Looking to start and own 100% of your own Practice? Visit www.InHomeRehab.com. PTManager encourages participation in your professional association. Join and participate now! Please identify yourself in all postings to PTManager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 Carol, Therapy services received at a hospital are exempt from the Cap. Here is the reference. Please read page 3. http://new.cms.hhs.gov/transmittals/downloads//R759CP.pdf Rick Gawenda, PT Director PM & R Detroit Receiving Hospital --- " Sangi, Carol " wrote: > If patients have received therapy else where and met > their CAP for the > year and then they go to a hospital based outpatient > department does > this mean that the hospital will not be reimbursed. > This is with the > assumption that the patient still requires skilled > services. > > > Carol Sangi PT > Director, Therapy Services > Bayonne Medical Center > Phone: > Fax: > e-mail: csangi@... > > > ********************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are > confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or > entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in > error please notify > the system manager. > > This footnote also confirms that this email message > has been swept by > MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. > > www.clearswift.com > ********************************************************************** > > > > > > > > Looking to start and own 100% of your own Practice? > > Visit www.InHomeRehab.com. > PTManager encourages participation in your > professional association. Join and participate now! > > Please identify yourself in all postings to > PTManager. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 Can anyone further explain Medicare's rationale for reimbursing differently for services based on whether the provider is hospital based or non-hospital based ? Pt's generally receiving similar services, right ? Leonard Paladino, PT Coordinator of Rehabilitation Services - Inpatient Delnor-Community Hospital Geneva, IL 60134 Phone - leonard.paladino@... CAP If patients have received therapy else where and met their CAP for the year and then they go to a hospital based outpatient department does this mean that the hospital will not be reimbursed. This is with the assumption that the patient still requires skilled services. Carol Sangi PT Director, Therapy Services Bayonne Medical Center Phone: Fax: e-mail: csangi@... ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.clearswift.com ********************************************************************** Looking to start and own 100% of your own Practice? Visit www.InHomeRehab.com. PTManager encourages participation in your professional association. Join and participate now! Please identify yourself in all postings to PTManager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 Dear Group, I understand that the cap does not affect hospital based facilities. And that patient may be referred to hospital o/p therapy if their therapy cap has been met. There is also a 4% cut on Physician Fee across the board at this time. My question is... will there also be a 4% cut for hospital outpatient therapy procedures? Or is this only for those that will be affected by the cap? Will the reimbursement really be different between hosp o/p vs. PP/ CORF, etc? Thanks for your information in advance. Sincerely, Rhoda Astronomo, PT President R.A. Physical Therapy RE: CAP Can anyone further explain Medicare's rationale for reimbursing differently for services based on whether the provider is hospital based or non-hospital based ? Pt's generally receiving similar services, right ? Leonard Paladino, PT Coordinator of Rehabilitation Services - Inpatient Delnor-Community Hospital Geneva, IL 60134 Phone - leonard.paladino@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 Leonard - Sure. Medicare wants to spend less for health care overall. They just decided to give beneficiaries low cost medications, and are required to not spend any more to do it. It is not Medicare's purpose to create more bill-generating therapists, just as it is not the interest of third-party insurors to have a lot of therapists on their provider panel. They are economic institutions, not patient care institutions. Hospitals in general have a special role in the communities. Among other things, they provide an inordinate amount of low-or-no payment care. Society wants -- needs -- local general hospitals to survive. The ERs and Trauma services are very important, but are money losers, and doctors don't need to do a lot of ER call any more to build their own practices, so many hospitals must pay their charges, regardless of potential reimbursement. Therapists are perceived in the payor community about the same as we perceive POPTS -- full of avarice, running up the services for economic benefit, prone toward fraud. Remember, we can determine the amount and frequency of visits, and how long each of them lasts. It's easy for a therapist to double the insuror's costs without concern for constraining market forces. (12 visits of 2 units = 24 units but 16 visits of 3 units = 48 units) So, we are constrained by HIPAA requiring a single set of service descriptors, the CPT Codes, plus CCI edits, plus edits on the number of visits per condition, plus a reduction in Physicians Fee Schedule... and **therapy spending continued to rise** in the past two to three years. Federal controllers will take stronger steps to stop the spending. We still need to work to have the artificial cap removed. We need to have PT and SLP separated from each other in the cap. We need to work to have national Medicare -- and all other -- direct access. But tomorrow, my last day in Hospital work, we need to obey the rules. Happy New Year to all! Dick Hillyer, PT, MBA, MSM Cape Coral, FL CAP If patients have received therapy else where and met their CAP for the year and then they go to a hospital based outpatient department does this mean that the hospital will not be reimbursed. This is with the assumption that the patient still requires skilled services. Carol Sangi PT Director, Therapy Services Bayonne Medical Center Phone: Fax: e-mail: csangi@... ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.clearswift.com ********************************************************************** Looking to start and own 100% of your own Practice? Visit www.InHomeRehab.com. PTManager encourages participation in your professional association. Join and participate now! Please identify yourself in all postings to PTManager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 I don't know where it originally started but as with many features in the bill (pairing of ST/PT), you need to go back in history to see the trends. A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, there were primarily hospitals billing Part B. Private outpatient clinics rarely touched Medicare due to a long standing $500 limit for them. There were not many private practices... almost everyone worked for a hospital....so no one put up a stink. Over time, we saw an increasing scope of OP practice in both the number of private practices and the intensity of services. With the " CAP " , I believe we actually saw a large increase in private practice limits... however, the nursing homes were linked to the OP clinics for the first time in my memory. I think it was a compromise for the balanced budget to raise the limits for private practice and place limits on nursing homes. Since PPS was basically being implemented to control nursing homes, the hospitals were left out of the discussion. Hospitals were not in the budget " cross-hairs " at that time; since, they had already been placed into a controlled payment system (DRG) ...they were not the hot topic. Of course the above is purely speculative. It seems lawmakers tend to try and fix/modify/compromise current laws. It's too hard to scratch the entire system and repair it all at once (like Hillary wanted to do). Steve Passmore PT Healthy Recruiting Tools spass@... CAP If patients have received therapy else where and met their CAP for the year and then they go to a hospital based outpatient department does this mean that the hospital will not be reimbursed. This is with the assumption that the patient still requires skilled services. Carol Sangi PT Director, Therapy Services Bayonne Medical Center Phone: Fax: e-mail: csangi@... ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.clearswift.com ********************************************************************** Looking to start and own 100% of your own Practice? Visit www.InHomeRehab.com. PTManager encourages participation in your professional association. Join and participate now! Please identify yourself in all postings to PTManager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Hospitals are a safety net for those with no, Medicaid, and other low paying insurance, who would not commonly be able to seek treatment from private practices, that do not participate with these payers due to low reimbursement. i.e.-Medicaid pays $14.10 for a PT eval or treatment, the private clinics send these patients to hospital based practices. Terry Rose PT, MS Director Of Rehab Services Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center CAP If patients have received therapy else where and met their CAP for the year and then they go to a hospital based outpatient department does this mean that the hospital will not be reimbursed. This is with the assumption that the patient still requires skilled services. Carol Sangi PT Director, Therapy Services Bayonne Medical Center Phone: Fax: e-mail: csangi@... ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.clearswift.com ********************************************************************** Looking to start and own 100% of your own Practice? Visit www.InHomeRehab.com. PTManager encourages participation in your professional association. Join and participate now! Please identify yourself in all postings to PTManager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 The cut is across the board. Terry Rose Director Of Rehab Services Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center RE: CAP Can anyone further explain Medicare's rationale for reimbursing differently for services based on whether the provider is hospital based or non-hospital based ? Pt's generally receiving similar services, right ? Leonard Paladino, PT Coordinator of Rehabilitation Services - Inpatient Delnor-Community Hospital Geneva, IL 60134 Phone - leonard.paladino@... Looking to start and own 100% of your own Practice? Visit www.InHomeRehab.com. PTManager encourages participation in your professional association. Join and participate now! Please identify yourself in all postings to PTManager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Rhoda, The 4.4% reduction is for all suppliers and providers who are reimbursed for services under the Medciare Physician Fee Schedule. This includes physician office visits as well as many other servcies. Rick Gawenda, PT Director PM & R Detroit Receiving Hospital --- rhodapt wrote: > Dear Group, > > I understand that the cap does not affect hospital > based facilities. And > that patient may be referred to hospital o/p therapy > if their therapy cap > has been met. There is also a 4% cut on Physician > Fee across the board at > this time. My question is... will there also be a > 4% cut for hospital > outpatient therapy procedures? Or is this only for > those that will be > affected by the cap? Will the reimbursement really > be different between > hosp o/p vs. PP/ CORF, etc? > > Thanks for your information in advance. > > > Sincerely, > > > Rhoda Astronomo, PT > President > R.A. Physical Therapy > > RE: CAP > > Can anyone further explain Medicare's rationale for > reimbursing > differently for services based on whether the > provider is hospital based > or non-hospital based ? Pt's generally receiving > similar services, > right ? > > > Leonard Paladino, PT > Coordinator of Rehabilitation Services - Inpatient > Delnor-Community Hospital > Geneva, IL 60134 > Phone - > leonard.paladino@... > > > > > > > Looking to start and own 100% of your own Practice? > > Visit www.InHomeRehab.com. > PTManager encourages participation in your > professional association. Join and participate now! > > Please identify yourself in all postings to > PTManager. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 From reading the various posts and Medicare notices. When a patient reaches the " cap " their options would seem to be obvious, 1) Cash payments/increased co pay 2) Stop therapy 3) Apply for extension 4) Find a hospital based practice AM I missing any, and are these correct? Ron Barbato P.T. Corporate Director , Rehabilitation Ephraim McDowell Health Voice (859 )239-1515 Fax (859 )936-7249 rbarbato@... " PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL: This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, then please do not read it and be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately advise me, by reply e-mail, and delete this message and any attachments without retaining a copy in any form. Thank you. " CAP If patients have received therapy else where and met their CAP for the year and then they go to a hospital based outpatient department does this mean that the hospital will not be reimbursed. This is with the assumption that the patient still requires skilled services. Carol Sangi PT Director, Therapy Services Bayonne Medical Center Phone: Fax: e-mail: csangi@... ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.clearswift.com ********************************************************************** Looking to start and own 100% of your own Practice? Visit www.InHomeRehab.com. PTManager encourages participation in your professional association. Join and participate now! Please identify yourself in all postings to PTManager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 I thought the extension was still in discussion? >>> rbarbato@... 01/04/06 09:16AM >>> From reading the various posts and Medicare notices. When a patient reaches the " cap " their options would seem to be obvious, 1) Cash payments/increased co pay 2) Stop therapy 3) Apply for extension 4) Find a hospital based practice AM I missing any, and are these correct? Ron Barbato P.T. Corporate Director , Rehabilitation Ephraim McDowell Health Voice (859 )239-1515 Fax (859 )936-7249 rbarbato@... " PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL: This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, then please do not read it and be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately advise me, by reply e-mail, and delete this message and any attachments without retaining a copy in any form. Thank you. " CAP If patients have received therapy else where and met their CAP for the year and then they go to a hospital based outpatient department does this mean that the hospital will not be reimbursed. This is with the assumption that the patient still requires skilled services. Carol Sangi PT Director, Therapy Services Bayonne Medical Center Phone: Fax: e-mail: csangi@... ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.clearswift.com ********************************************************************** Looking to start and own 100% of your own Practice? Visit www.InHomeRehab.com. PTManager encourages participation in your professional association. Join and participate now! Please identify yourself in all postings to PTManager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Is an extension still an option? I was under the impressions that this was only legislation pending at this time and not actual law / policy? From reading the various posts and Medicare notices. When a patient reaches the " cap " their options would seem to be obvious, 1) Cash payments/increased co pay 2) Stop therapy 3) Apply for extension 4) Find a hospital based practice AM I missing any, and are these correct? Ron Barbato P.T. Corporate Director , Rehabilitation Ephraim McDowell Health Voice (859 )239-1515 Fax (859 )936-7249 rbarbato@... " PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL: This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, then please do not read it and be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately advise me, by reply e-mail, and delete this message and any attachments without retaining a copy in any form. Thank you. " CAP If patients have received therapy else where and met their CAP for the year and then they go to a hospital based outpatient department does this mean that the hospital will not be reimbursed. This is with the assumption that the patient still requires skilled services. Carol Sangi PT Director, Therapy Services Bayonne Medical Center Phone: Fax: e-mail: csangi@... ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.clearswift.com ********************************************************************** Looking to start and own 100% of your own Practice? Visit www.InHomeRehab.com. PTManager encourages participation in your professional association. Join and participate now! Please identify yourself in all postings to PTManager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 My understanding is the house passed the original bill with language pertaining to extensions in a SNF setting. The Senate vote passed a week later (51-50) in favor of that bill. Whether that's a modified version or the house must repass after change I'm not aware of it. Any clarification would be appreciated. Thanks Dennis Etnier President/CEO Complete Provider Rehab Indianapolis, Indiana 46268 detnier@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 After looking into this some more, I think you are correct, the Senate has approved, the House as not, earliest vote is end of January Ron Barbato P.T. Corporate Director , Rehabilitation Ephraim McDowell Health Voice (859 )239-1515 Fax (859 )936-7249 rbarbato@... " PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL: This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, then please do not read it and be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately advise me, by reply e-mail, and delete this message and any attachments without retaining a copy in any form. Thank you. " CAP If patients have received therapy else where and met their CAP for the year and then they go to a hospital based outpatient department does this mean that the hospital will not be reimbursed. This is with the assumption that the patient still requires skilled services. Carol Sangi PT Director, Therapy Services Bayonne Medical Center Phone: Fax: e-mail: csangi@... ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.clearswift.com ********************************************************************** Looking to start and own 100% of your own Practice? Visit www.InHomeRehab.com. PTManager encourages participation in your professional association. Join and participate now! Please identify yourself in all postings to PTManager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 My understanding is services are subject to cap if facility is a CORF. Is it possible to have a hospital owned facilily and be a CORF? Of course this type of facility would not be physcially located within hospital. Thanks for any help. Vandeventer,MPT --- Jill Piazza wrote: > Hospital Outpatient departments are exempt from the > cap. > Jill Piazza, PT, MSPT > Florida Hospital DeLand > > CAP > > > > If patients have received therapy else where and > met their CAP for the > > year and then they go to a hospital based > outpatient department does > > this mean that the hospital will not be > reimbursed. This is with the > > assumption that the patient still requires skilled > services. > > > > > > Carol Sangi PT > > Director, Therapy Services > > Bayonne Medical Center > > Phone: > > Fax: > > e-mail: csangi@... > > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > > This email and any files transmitted with it are > confidential and > > intended solely for the use of the individual or > entity to whom they > > are addressed. If you have received this email in > error please notify > > the system manager. > > > > This footnote also confirms that this email > message has been swept by > > MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. > > > > www.clearswift.com > > > ********************************************************************** > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Looking to start and own 100% of your own > Practice? > > Visit www.InHomeRehab.com. > > PTManager encourages participation in your > professional association. Join > > and participate now! > > > > Please identify yourself in all postings to > PTManager. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Hospital outpatient departments are paid under the same fee schedule as other outpatient practices, so any cut in the fee schedule affects all of us. Ken Tuley, PT Health First, Inc. Brevard County, FL >>> rhodapt@... 01/03/2006 7:01:15 PM >>> Dear Group, I understand that the cap does not affect hospital based facilities. And that patient may be referred to hospital o/p therapy if their therapy cap has been met. There is also a 4% cut on Physician Fee across the board at this time. My question is... will there also be a 4% cut for hospital outpatient therapy procedures? Or is this only for those that will be affected by the cap? Will the reimbursement really be different between hosp o/p vs. PP/ CORF, etc? Thanks for your information in advance. Sincerely, Rhoda Astronomo, PT President R.A. Physical Therapy RE: CAP Can anyone further explain Medicare's rationale for reimbursing differently for services based on whether the provider is hospital based or non-hospital based ? Pt's generally receiving similar services, right ? Leonard Paladino, PT Coordinator of Rehabilitation Services - Inpatient Delnor-Community Hospital Geneva, IL 60134 Phone - leonard.paladino@... Looking to start and own 100% of your own Practice? Visit www.InHomeRehab.com. PTManager encourages participation in your professional association. Join and participate now! Please identify yourself in all postings to PTManager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 Regarding: " Hospital outpatient departments are paid under the same fee schedule as other outpatient practices, so any cut in the fee schedule affects all of us. " Yes, but... CMS established two sets of rates: " Facility " rates (sometimes called " technical " rates) and " Non-Facility " rates (sometimes called " professional " rates). Here's how our billing folks explained the difference to me: Hospitals, billing under their hospital license, receive the Facility rate. Businesses which have provider numbers assigned to each individual provider (i.e. each therapist) receive the Non-Facility rate. Notably, the Facility rate is significantly lower than the Non-Facility rate. In our region for example, the Facility rate for evaluation (97001) is $59.55. The Non-Facility rate for the same code is $69.34. These facts should, by the way, be kept in mind as we discuss the effect of the cap. Dave Milano, PT, Director of Rehab Services Laurel Health System 32-36 Central Ave. Wellsboro, PA 16901 dmilano@... RE: CAP Can anyone further explain Medicare's rationale for reimbursing differently for services based on whether the provider is hospital based or non-hospital based ? Pt's generally receiving similar services, right ? Leonard Paladino, PT Coordinator of Rehabilitation Services - Inpatient Delnor-Community Hospital Geneva, IL 60134 Phone - leonard.paladino@... Looking to start and own 100% of your own Practice? Visit www.InHomeRehab.com. PTManager encourages participation in your professional association. Join and participate now! Please identify yourself in all postings to PTManager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 I'd like to thank the group for all the great info shared. I would also like to ask whether there are home health agencies (especially in Michigan) that can bill under Medicare Part B. Thanks in advance. Esther Reynolds, PT TheraMatrix Director North Oakland Medical Center 461 W. Huron Pontiac, MI 48341 (248)857-7171 CAP If patients have received therapy else where and met their CAP for the year and then they go to a hospital based outpatient department does this mean that the hospital will not be reimbursed. This is with the assumption that the patient still requires skilled services. Carol Sangi PT Director, Therapy Services Bayonne Medical Center Phone: Fax: e-mail: csangi@... ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.clearswift.com ********************************************************************** Looking to start and own 100% of your own Practice? Visit www.InHomeRehab.com. PTManager encourages participation in your professional association. Join and participate now! Please identify yourself in all postings to PTManager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 APTA's website www.apta.org has listed an Audio Conference on January 17 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Eastern Time. Info about this conference is below, pulled from their web site. There is a fee. In light of all the CAP questions, I'm curious if anyone is signed up yet to attend? Agenda topics include: Medicare payment policies regarding the 2006 fee schedule payment rates, Correct Coding Initiative edits, and CPT code changes.The 2-hour live conference will feature CMS Health Specialists Dorothy , PhD; Pamela R West, PT, DPT, MPH; and APTA member M Levine, PT, DPT, MSHA. The cost is $99 for members and $149 for nonmembers. , PT, MS Michigan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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