I receive many questions asking what a therapist and/or a practice/organization needs to do or should do when a patient who is receiving outpatient physical, occupational, and/or speech therapy services is hospitalized. In this article, I will answer the following questions:

This online course will teach participants what documentation is required in a reevaluation, progress report, and discharge report, when you can bill a reevaluation, the 2025 Medicare Part B certification and recertification requirements, and how one note can serve as a reevaluation, progress report, and a recertification.

A question I often receive is can I bill and be paid for an evaluation or reevaluation (CPT codes 97161-97168) and a physical performance test and measurement (CPT code 97750) when provided on the same date of service by the same discipline? To obtain the answer, we must refer to the

I receive many questions concerning when is it appropriate to bill for a reevaluation to an insurance carrier. A few of the questions I receive are: Can I bill for a reevaluation for when I’m required to complete a Progress Report on a Medicare patient or for that matter, any patient? Can I bill for a reevaluation because my state practice act requires I perform a reevaluation at certain timeframes from the start of care? Can I bill a reevaluation when I’m already seeing a patient for one condition/diagnosis and while still treating that condition, they bring in a referral