A question I am often asked is how many 15-minute time-based units can I bill in an hour? Or phrased another way, I can only bill 4 15-minute time-based units in an hour, correct? The simple answer is that it’s possible to bill more than 4 15-minute time-based units in an hour, even if you had an all Medicare outpatient therapy population. In this article, I will provide examples of how it’s possible to bill more than 4 15-minute time-based units in an hour for both Medicare patients and commercial insurance patients just using one therapist or one therapist/therapy assistant

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