Tune Up Your Rehab Documentation Skills

By Author: Angela Martin
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Do you feel you rehab organization is losing out on reimbursements? If yes, check out your rehab documentation as something must be wrong with your documentation. Documenting right can be a big task for your therapists what with ever-changing regulations and constant time constraints. As a matter of fact, almost 50 percent of all rehab claim denials occur because of improper documentation. Therefore, correct and spot on documentation is the key to right reimbursement and patient care in the therapy setting.


To get your deserved pay, you should be aware of all the CMS changes to documentation, know and make use of the most frequently-used CPT codes, and modifiers in rehabilitation therapy, be aware of the deadlines and timeframes you must follow, among a host of other things. The sad part is that most therapists don't get formal training on documentation and are most of the time left on their own to decipher the complex requirements set by Medicare, Medicaid and others.


If you want to tune up your ...
... rehab documentation skills for better reimbursement, sign up for an audio conference. When you sign up for one, you will understand the requirements for documentation, irrespective of what your therapy setting is. Whether it's the much sought after Rehab documentation tips, training eyes on Medicare's latest requirements for certifications and re-certifications, progress reports and the like, an audio conference will provide you with all these and lots more right from the comforts of your office. And to add to it all, you even stand to acquire CEUs on attending an audio conference.