We
used a contract service and would get billed, can you believe it, one unit for
each person discussed, that was payment for 15 minutes each PERSON, so, if
the meeting lasted 45 minutes and we discussed 25 people, we were
billed 25 units for 3 units of work. We quickly changed that, but
believe the OT and PT are an integral part of the MEdicare meeting and be sure
someone from Rehab attends the Medicare meeting, it also ensures good d/c
planning.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thompson, Karen (Kodiak)
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 6:03 PM
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Subject: RE: LPTSomeone from therapies needs to be at a Medicare meeting. We always in all the places I have worked had to have the therapies in the meeting. We had to keep track of how long the therapies would be working with them so we could plan discharge billing etc accordingly. If one discipline could not be there they passed there info on to the discipline that could represent therapies. It is basically good communication and can't imagine that someone would consider balking at it. Good luck.-----Original Message-----
From: Pat Whitcomb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 1:53 PM
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Subject: RE: LPTD oes anyone know and have a source for Medicare requirements for a LPT to attend the Medicare and care plan meetings? Please help department heads are being challengingThis e-mail communication and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information for the use of the designated recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, disclosure, dissemination, distribution or copying of it or its contents is prohibited. As required by HIPAA you need to hold this information as privileged and confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please destroy all copies of this communication and any attachments.I don't think there are any requirements which specify for Medicare. However, in any & every seminar that I have attended, they talk about the importance & necessity of having regularly scheduled Medicare meetings in order to stay on top of things & to plan how to capture the highest RUG, using grace days as necessary.As far as for care plan meetings, care planning is to be done by the interdisciplinary team & if the resident is receiving therapy, someone representative of therapy should be there or @ least should give you a written report so that you can update the family & plan for discharge, if indicated.In my present facility, & in the previous one where I worked, it was a PTA that attended the majority of the time & whom I worked most closely with, setting ARD's, etc.Pat Whitcomb, RNMDS CoordinatorMadonna Towers507-288-3911, Ext. 3050
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