Guest guest Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 We are having a debate here right now, over what therapy documentation is required to admit a patient to our rehab unit from acute care. We are extremely short-staffed in acute care OT currently, so many of these patients that have " PT/OT/Rehab evals " ordered, are seen first by PT and the physiatrist, and there is a delay in the OT eval. Our physiatrist is demanding to have an OT eval in the chart before he will even consider admitting a patient, even if it is obvious based on the PT eval that the patient will need rehab (i.e. new strokes, etc). Shouldn't the physiatrist eval be sufficient to make this decision? At prior facilities, we would admit patients all the time with only one therapy eval done. Plus, the physiatrists are supposedly evaluating patient function as well, right? I don't know of any Medicare requirements on this, but maybe I'm mistaken. Any insight on this would be much appreciated. Weiss, PT Inpatient Rehab Coordinator Ingalls Memorial Hospital Harvey, IL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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