Common Questions and Answers Regarding Assistants
In this article, I will answer some of the more common and frequent questions I receive regarding physical therapist assistants (PTAs) and occupational therapy assistants (OTAs).
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With direct supervision of a PTA, if the supervising PT (the PT and PTA are in teams) goes on vacation or is sick, can another in-house PT fulfill that requirement?
How is that billed, if the PTA treats the absent PT’s pts; still bill under the usual PT or would it be under the PT who has assumed the responsibility of supervising the PTA?
I have added an additional question to the article with the answer to your question.
Due to the public health emergency, are PTAs in the private practice setting still able to treat patient in-home with the PT supervising by audio/visual availability?
Read the answer to the last question in this article.
Rick, I am having a problem with First Coast CMS contractor changing 97112 on the EOB’s to MCB bene’s from Neuromuscular re-education to re-educate brain to nerve to muscle function. I have had several bene’s contact MCB saying that they never received the service. They say, “You never massaged my brain.” I have had to send in denials for several cases. Is this legal that they are changing the nomenclature for AMA coding?