Today’s blog post comes from PT and compliance guru Rick Gawenda , founder and President of Gawenda Seminars and Consulting, Inc . The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (HR3630) impacted physical therapists in private practice in terms of the Medicare therapy cap. First and foremost, HR3630 extended the therapy cap exception process through the 2012 calendar year. Secondly, it requires that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) apply the therapy …
There is no question that maintaining a high level of quality in the documentation of treatment for patients at a physical therapy clinic is a top priority. It is easy to develop a love/hate relationship with the documentation that is both prudent and a requirement to be in compliance legally and to expect reimbursement from Medicare or a patient’s insurance company. As is true in any discipline, it is a smart idea to go back to the …