Important CMS Updates - Manual Exception Process Eliminated

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List Serve,

On December 29, 2006, CMS released Transmittal 63 and

placed this information in Pub 100-02, Chapter 15 on

the very same day providing additional

requirements/recommendations for outpatient therapy

services/documentation.

To view Transmittal 63, click on the link below.

www.cms.hhs.gov/transmittals/downloads/R63BP.pdf

To view CMS Pub 100-02, click on the link below and

start reading on page 119.

Effective January 1, 2007, there will be no manual

exception process. All exceptions will be automatic.

To read more about this, click on the link below to

read Transmittal 1145.

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/transmittals/downloads/R1145CP.pdf

Please read this Transmittal carefully as it places

more responsibility on the provider when using the KX

modifier when the patient does not have an condition

or complexity that supports the automatic process.

If you should have any questions, please send

questions to the entire list serve, if possible, as I

am sure many of us will have the same questions.

Happy New Year!

Rick Gawenda, PT

HPA Government Affairs & Practice Committee

Rick Gawenda, P.T.

Director Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Detroit Receiving Hospital

Detroit, MI

Phone:

Fax:

E-mail:rgawenda@...

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