RE: OT and training on equipment

[Debbie Davis]

If the patient is a medicare client and you have a written plan of treatment and MD orders, you should be able to count the OT minutes. IF the assessment is a TRUE annual (pt there for 1 year) he is not likely to be in a medicare covered stay so counting those minutes may or may not be useful to you. You should be able to "check" the appropriate sections in P for training to return to the community, and if pt has been in restorative program, count them there under "other" if the OT sessions are in conjunction with the existing restorative program. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of genie1953 Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 11:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OT and training on equipment I have a patient who is being discharged in a couple of weeks. We are in the process of completing an annual MDS. Can we count minutes that OT spent training the patient and his wife in the use of equipment that will be sent home with him. He is a rehab patient who has been recovering from a stroke complicated by a hip fracture. Please let me know as soon as possible. Thanks.   CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:         This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited.         If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by email reply or by telephone and immediately delete this message and any attachments. Call us at (217) 464-2864.