Physical, occupational and speech therapy services continue to be on the audit radar for various Medicare Administrative Contractors MACs) and private insurance carriers medical review entities. In addition, all MACs have implemented the Targeted Probe & Educate medical reviews for outpatient therapy services. This webinar will review the necessary components of documentation for the progress report, daily notes, discharge report, and the Medicare certification and recertification process that will help you document the key points in supporting medical necessity and the skilled nature of physical, occupational, and speech therapy services.
At the completion of this course the participant will be able to:
1. Identify reasonable and necessary criteria for skilled therapy services
2. Describe and implement the necessary components of a progress report to support the therapy already provided and the
need for continued skilled therapy services
3. Apply strategies to more effectively support medical necessity and skilled services in your daily notes
4. Describe and implement the necessary components of a discharge report to demonstrate the nature of skilled services
provided to support why you should be reimbursed for those services
5. Understand the certification and recertification process for Medicare Part B therapy services
Physical Therapists, Physical Therapists Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Speech-Language Pathologists, Office Managers, Compliance Officers, Auditors, Nursing Home Administrators, and Hospital Administrators and Directors responsible for therapy departments.
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this webinar conference, you’ll also receive a handout (in PDF format) that will include related references.
Webinar – Computer and internet connection required. Participants will be provided a url link where they can log in and follow the presentation on their computer as the speaker provides the presentation. If your computer has speakers, you will be able to hear the audio portion through your computer speakers and will not require a phone connection. No phone lines will be available for this webinar.
HOW THE WEBINAR CONFERENCE WORKS
Register for the event before 11:30AM EST on March 20, 2019. First 95 minutes is presentation/lecture and last 25 minutes is question and answer.
When you register, you’ll receive a confirmation e-mail that serves as your receipt. Approximately 5 days before the webinar conference, you will receive a separate email that provides you with instructions for accessing the call and a handout attachment. If you register within 5 days of March 20, 2019, instructions will be emailed the evening of the day you registered (after 6:00PM pacific time). Please make sure that your email system will accept messages from the webinar conference host: seminars@gawendaseminars.com. The easiest way to do this is to add this email address to the contacts list in your email software.
Gather your staff and listen to the webinar conference via speaker phone, follow along with the session handout, and participate in a live, interactive Question and Answer session. Registration includes ONE DIAL-IN CONNECTION AND/OR COMPUTER CONNECTION (you can gather as many people at that location as you wish), an electronic handout, and a certificate of completion for participants.
PLEASE NOTE: ONE REGISTRATION PROVIDES YOU WITH ONE PHONE AND/OR COMPUTER CONNECTION FOR THE WEBINAR CONFERENCE. You may pay for additional locations where indicated on the registration form.
There are no refunds for no shows or any other reasons once you register and payment is received. We are not responsible for organization firewalls or computer software issues that may interfere and/or prohibit your connection to the webinar portion of the presentation.
Playback link is NOT included with registration, but registrants have an option to purchase a playback link for $49.95 prior to completing online registration.
Playback link allows you to view and listen to the webinar live on your computer as many times as you would like and the playback link is emailed 72 business hours after the completion of the webinar.
If you know you will not listen live, you do not need to purchase the playback link for an additional $49.95.
TelSpanWeb System Requirements to View Webinar on Computer:
Windows
- 2.0GHz CPU with dual-core processor minimum (Recommended: Quad-core i5 processor or better)
- 4GB of RAM minimum (Recommended: 8GB or more)
- Microsoft® Windows 10®
- Microsoft® Windows 8.x®
- Microsoft® Windows 7® SP1
- Chrome v50 or higher (recommended for best performance), Firefox 49.x or higher
MAC OS
- Mac computer with an Intel processor (Recommended: Dual core 2.0GHz or faster
- 4GB of RAM minimum (Recommended: 8GB or more)
- Mac OS X v10.8 or higher
- Chrome v50 or higher (recommended for best performance), Safari 12.1 or higher, Firefox 49.x or higher
Linux
- 2.4GHz or faster x86-compatible processor or Intel® Atom™ 1.6GHz or faster processor for netbooks
- 4GB of RAM minimum (Recommended: 8GB or more)
- Red hat® enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5
- Novell SUSE® 9.x or higher
- Ubuntu 10 or later
Solaris
- Solaris 10
- Chrome v50 or higher (recommended for best performance), Firefox 49.x or higher
Bandwidth/Ports:
- Minimum 800 kbps upload/download
- Recommended 1.5 mbps upload/download
- WEB SERVER: https traffic on port 443.
- SIGNALING SERVER: https traffic on port 443 (recently changed from port 80).
- MEDIA SERVER API: https traffic on port 443.
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Computer speakers for participants listening over the computer
Testing
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