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Patty-

I missed sending a " happy birthday " message!!! I am so sorry! I had

made a mental note of it, but forgot. As I tell Aubrie, I'm so old that

my brain is running out of room for new information :-)

Do you know what classes you'll be taking first term at Community

College? Just curious. It is very exciting. And how wonderful that

you have a friend going to Rochester with you too.

We visited an assistive technology center and borrowed a large

print/braille keyboard. Aubrie doesn't need the braille, but the

tactile cues on the keys will help her anyway, I think. We're also

going to get a key guard to help her from hitting more than one key at a

time. Do you use a screen magnifier on your computer? I didn't know if

she'd benefit from a magnifier or not. There wasn't one for us to try

at the demo center so I'd have to order one and see if it's helpful. I

think your vision is similar to hers so your experience will probably be

helpful.

Glad to hear from you!

Michele W

Aubrie's mom (6 yrs)

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Patty,

What classes are you taking at Community College? goes to a Community

College too.

Lynn

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Hey everyone!!

Well just to give you a update on what is going on and also sorry that I have

not talked on here for a while. But anyways I will be starting the Community

College soon wich is really exciteing and I will be going to NTID in rocester

NY in a Year not only that a Buddy of mine is going there too! So I am going

to have a cuple of Doc oppointment soon ahhhh finaly. Not only that I will be

going to RI soon also. I am 20!!!!!! I went to a Jazz bar this past weekend

wich was awsome! well I got to go Cya.

-Patty

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Hi Patty

YEAH....it meant a lot to 's team to hear your words....Especially a

great person...all too often our educators forget that our kids are still

kids..Thanks for all your help ..and Have a great time in college

Ellen

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I got this from Trail Blazers today. If I am interpreting it correctly, PT/OT

cannot bill  for supervising techs that provide treatment as well?

 

 

 

New Reporting Requirements for Therapy Services Performed By Persons Other Than

Licensed Therapy Professionals

(5/28/2010)

 

Medicare covers therapy services personally performed only by one of the

following:

 

·         Licensed therapy professionals: licensed Physical Therapists

(PTs), Occupational Therapists (OTs) and Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs).

·         Licensed Physical Therapy Assistants (PTAs) when supervised

directly by a licensed PT.

·         Licensed Occupational Therapy Assistants (OTAs) when

supervised directly by a licensed OT.

·         Medical Doctors (MDs) and Doctors of Osteopathy (DOs).

·         Doctors of Optometry (ODs) and Podiatric Medicine (DPMs) when

performing services within their licenses’ scope of practice and their

training and competency.

·         Qualified Non-Physician Practitioners (NPPs), including

Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs), Physician Assistants (PAs) or Clinical

Nurse Specialists (CNS) when performing services within their licenses’ scope

of practice and their training and competency (ANP, PA, CNS).

·         “Qualified†personnel when directly supervised by a

physician (MD, DO, OD, DPM) or qualified NPP, and when all conditions of billing

services “incident to†a physician have been met. Qualified personnel have

met the educational and degree requirements of a licensed therapy professional

(PT, OT, SLP) but are not required to be licensed. Please note that unless these

therapy services are performed by a “qualified†person, the services are not

covered and must not be reported for Medicare payment.  

 

Claims for therapy services personally performed by physicians and qualified

NPPs, and reported for Medicare payment on or after July 1, 2010, must contain

the name and professional degree of the performing professional. 

 

Claims for therapy services reported for Medicare payment by physicians and

qualified NPPs, but not personally performed by the physician or NPP, and

reported for Medicare payment on or after July 1, 2010, must contain the

following information: 

 

·         Name and therapy degree of performing therapy professional.

·         Name of academic institution having conferred therapy degree.

·         Date of graduation.

·         Name and professional degree of supervising physician/NPP. 

 

Please include the information above in the comment field of electronic claims

and include as an attachment to paper claims.

 

 

Tamera J. Bounds

Regional Rehab Director, RehabPro

817- 683-2445

The purpose of life is to matter, to be productive, to have it make some

difference that you lived at all--Arthur Prince