tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2007 Issue 1

DOCUMENTATION: Find Out What Therapy Documentation Practices You'll Need To Start Now

Catch some major documentation clarifications -- CMS spells them out.In addition to sending out a transmittal clarifying the therapy caps, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated its transmittal specific to therapy documentation on Nov. 9. You'll Need That Progress Report--Regardless "Contractors shall, on pre- or postpay medical review, require Progress Reports to be written by clinicians once during each Progress Report Period," CMS states in Transmittal 60. So, "the progress report is going to be required even if the exceptions process goes away," says John Wallace, PT, OCS, CEO of BMS Reimbursement Management...

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