It’s a new year and this means we have some deleted CPT codes that are no longer available for physical therapists (PT’s), occupational therapists (OT’s) and/or speech-language pathologists (SLP’s) to use in calendar year 2019. CPT codes, description, and material are copyright 2018 American Medical Association. CPT is a trademark of the American Medical Association. All rights reserved. No fee schedules, basic units, relative values, or related listings are included in CPT. The AMA assumes no liability for the data contained herein. The 2019 deleted CPT codes applicable to PT’s, OT’s and SLP’s are:  

A question I often receive is what CPT codes does the so called “8-minute rule” apply to? Does it apply to just the 15-minute time-based CPT codes or does it also apply to the 1-hour time-based CPT codes as well as the untimed, supervised modality CPT codes and untimed evaluation CPT codes? The “8-minute rule” applies to all CPT codes

I receive many questions at my in-person seminars and via email that begin something like “I know we can’t have 2 Medicare patient’s being treated at the same time, but how about 2 patient’s with private insurance”? Or, “I know I need to be one-on-one with Medicare patient’s, but that does not apply to patient’s with private insurance, right”? Lastly, “I know if I have 2 Medicare patient’s in my facility for one hour during the same time period, I have to split the time between them, but if the 2 patient’s had private insurance, I could bill each for