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The Value of Charge Diversity

Please join us as Gawenda Seminars & Consulting presents “The Value of Charge Diversity” online course on October 28, 2026 from 1:00pm – 2:30pm eastern daylight time. This 1.5-hour online course will give practices and therapy departments a plan for evaluating their own data and an educational plan to ensure that therapists and assistants understand the difference between commonly used code and the difference in the Medicare billing rule and the Midpoint rule.

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Date

October 28, 2026

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Eastern Time Zone
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

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  • Timezone: America/New_York
  • Date: October 28, 2026
  • Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

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Speaker

  • Robbie Leonard | PT, DPT
    Robbie Leonard | PT, DPT

    Dr. Leonard is a nationally recognized therapy speaker in the areas of Medicare regulations, administrative processes, and outpatient therapy compliance. She has given many presentations at the APTA PPS Annual Conference, CSM and numerous continuing education conferences around the country. She has received multiple awards for her teaching skills and believes that a little humor makes dry subjects much more palatable. Often written in course evaluations, “I
    expected dry and boring, but got engaging and fun instead and information I can take home and use.”

    Dr. Leonard is certified in Healthcare Compliance by the Healthcare Compliance Certification Board. She also completed her transitional DPT in 2017 from the University of Montana. She holds a certificate in Lean Healthcare from the Belmont University, Massey Graduate School of Business.

    As an active APTA member since 1986, she believes that all therapists should be involved in their professional associations. She has served in multiple roles in both the National and State level. She is currently on the APTA SC Payment and Policy Committee, the Chair of the APTA PPS Program Work Group and serves on the Billing and Payment Expert Panel for the APTA.

    Dr. Leonard has had a variety of experiences in the rehabilitation industry and brings real life experience in both inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation and administrative service settings. She is currently the co-founder and consultant for 8150 Advisors.

    Robbie lives in the mountains of SC with her husband Mike. They can sometimes be seen traveling across the US in their RV.

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To register online with a credit card, purchase a ticket at the bottom of this page. The only way to register for this course is online with a credit card. We do not take Purchase Orders (PO’s) from any organization!

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If you know you will not listen live; you do not need to purchase the playback link for an additional $49.95. If you will listen live and want the playback link, add on the playback for an additional $49.95. The playback link can be viewed on your computer as many times as you would like, and audio comes through your computer speakers.

The Playback link is emailed within 72 business hours after completing the webinar.

Data from multiple outpatient therapy practices have identified patterns of charge use that indicate that therapists don’t effectively utilize codes that describe the care being provided and the direct contact time being spent. A common pattern is to lump multiple activities into therapeutic exercise. There is also a common misunderstanding regarding the Medicare rules for charging for time-based codes and the CPT description of time (commonly termed the midpoint rule or substantial portion methodology). In this session, we will discuss what the data shows, how that data may impact both revenue and your data picture captured by payers. In addition, we will discuss how correct coding and capturing the diversity of treatments being performed with patients impact the perception of medical necessity. You will leave this session with a plan for evaluating your own data and an educational plan to ensure that therapists understand the difference between commonly used code and the difference in the Medicare billing rule and the Midpoint rule. This knowledge and implementation of an education plan can impact revenue and reduce denials in the event of an audit.

If you have questions about registration or logistics for this online course, please contact Michelle Gawenda.

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