by Anthony Maritato | Mar 27, 2022 | Documentation
Does My PT Plan of Care Need to Say Outpatient In The Home? Question: “For mobile PTs… When you are sending a POC to the Dr are you specifically writing outpatient PT in the patients home (or something similar specifying they are being treated in their...
by Anthony Maritato | Mar 26, 2022 | Documentation
CPT Code Therex 97110 CPT Code Therex 97110 CPT Code Therex 97110 (Therapeutic Exercise) was the 4th highest ranked procedure code listed on the 2021 CMS CERT Overpayment Top 20 List. What is the Medicare definition of CPT Code Therex 97110? Reference: LCD L34049...
by Anthony Maritato | Mar 11, 2022 | Documentation
CPT Code 97010 Does Insurance Pay for Ice Packs Does Insurance Pay for CPT Code 97010 Technically, yes, UnitedHealthcare does pay for CPT code 97010, (Application of a modality to one or more areas; hot or cold packs). I say “technically” because it is...
by Anthony Maritato | Mar 10, 2022 | Documentation
Good Faith Estimate and No Surprise Act for Physical Therapy in 2022 In this video interview with Nancy Beckley from https://nancybeckley.com/ d we discuss: Good Faith Estimate No Surprise Act Physical Therapy Billing Occupational Therapy Billing Medicare, Medicaid,...
by Anthony Maritato | Dec 29, 2021 | Documentation
3 BEST Ways to Get More Physical Therapy Visits Many non-Medicare health insurance policies have limits on the number of physical therapy visits the plan will reimburse during a calendar year. Some plans are limited to 20 visits per year. Other plans are limited to 60...
by Anthony Maritato | Dec 6, 2021 | Documentation
When Does A Physical Therapy Referral or Prescription Expire Determining how long a physical therapy referral, also known as a prescription, is good for must take into account state practice act guidelines as well as third party payer guidelines. Medicare Part B, for...