The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has updated the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual to match the regulatory provision for the qualifications of speech-language pathologists (SLP’s) providing outpatient therapy services. This update has significant implications for the use of Clinical Fellow (CF) SLP’s. In this article, I will answer the following questions:

Understanding the Complex World of Therapy Services: Documentation, CPT Coding, NCCI Edits, and Billing This seminar will teach participants the required components of documentation, what interventions are included within each CPT code and how to correctly bill to Medicare and all other insurance carriers as they relate to outpatient therapy services.

Congress has passed legislation that included a telehealth update for outpatient therapy services. This legislation extends

Understanding the Complex World of Therapy Services: Documentation, CPT Coding, NCCI Edits, and Billing This seminar will teach participants the required components of documentation, what interventions are included within each CPT code and how to correctly bill to Medicare and all other insurance carriers as they relate to outpatient therapy services.

Understanding the Complex World of Therapy Services: Documentation, CPT Coding, NCCI Edits, and Billing This seminar will teach participants the required components of documentation, what interventions are included within each CPT code and how to correctly bill to Medicare and all other insurance carriers as they relate to outpatient therapy services.

UnitedHealthcare (UHC) Commercial and UHC Individual Exchange plans have revised their outpatient therapy telehealth policy for this providers who submit claims on a 1500-claim form. To access the revised policy, log into your account and click

UnitedHealthcare (UHC) Medicare Advantage has revised their Skilled Nursing Facility, Outpatient Rehabilitation, and Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Medical Policy. In this article, I will answer the following questions:

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has published the 2025 Therapy Code List. This list provides outpatient therapy providers with the CPT codes most commonly billed by physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech-language pathologists. This list will tell providers which CPT codes are considered “always therapy” services and which CPT codes are considered “sometimes therapy” services. In addition, this list does discuss the remote therapeutic monitoring codes and the caregiver training services CPT codes. To access the list, log into your account and click