Our therapy department had been told by corporate consultant that we had to write a
clarification order for therapies once the initial eval was done. On admission or
shortly thereafter, our doctor writes an order for initial evaluation and treatment.
Then, after eval., therapy asks for order to specifiy treatment such as "PT 45-60
minutes 5-7 times per week for 14 days." Recently therapy was told by another
consultant that there was no need for clarification order. After reading the e-mail
from Rena that states section T is to be projected based on doctor's order, it would
seem that we would still need the clarification order. Section T in RAI manual
doesn't really specify how detailed the therapy orders must be. Do we need to write a
specific clarification order?
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