Is Your Practice HIPAA Compliant
Is Your Outpatient Physical Therapy Practice HIPAA Compliant? In the dynamic landscape of healthcare, compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability [...]
United Healthcare (UHC) July 2023
United Healthcare (UHC): July 2023 Medical Policy Update **Update: Effective Aug 1st, UHC reversed their decision to require a POC, but has [...]
The KX modifier Supportive documentation
The KX modifier: Supportive documentation If a Medicare patient’s care goes beyond the annual threshold (in 2023 $2,230 for PT and speech [...]
How to Ensure Documentation Compliance During an Audit
How to Ensure Documentation Compliance During PT & OT Audits: Best Practices for Documenting Therapeutic Activities and Neuromuscular Reeducation Failing to provide [...]
Industry Changes that Impact Rehab Providers 2023
Industry Changes that Impact Rehab Providers 2023 Every year Medicare brings about new rules that impact rehab providers. Below is a summary [...]
Outcome Measures in Rehabilitation Therapy
Outcome measures are the validated functional tools used to measure a patient’s participation restrictions and activity limitations. These tools can be used to measure the success of rehab therapy interventions in relation to individual patient management and collectively, as a profession, to help determine which intervention pathways comprise best clinical practices. Learn how OptimisPT can help streamline your Outcome Measures Process.
Why Using an EMR is Better than Using Paper Charts
Most practices are coming to realize that there are definitely more problems and concerns in the continued use of paper charts than benefits. The decreased security and efficiency of documenting on paper makes it difficult to justify continuing with this method. We've compiled 4 key elements why an EMR is better than paper charts.
The Medicare Audit, It’s Going To Happen
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Medicare suspended audits. Now that the Public Health Emergency (PHE) is more under control, Medicare has resumed the audit process and it may feel to some like CMS is making up for lost time. Here are the three main types of audits and how to fair well should your practice be selected.
Prepare Your Practice for the New Year
As the new year approaches, we wanted to offer some tips and information to help you prepare your rehab therapy practice. This includes some important beginning of the year housekeeping tasks, as well as investigating new processes to implement which will help your practice be more efficient.
Rehab Industry Changes for 2022
January 1, 2022 is almost here, so we wanted to make sure that you are aware of any changes that may need your attention in the rehab world. We’ve pulled together information regarding some of the more important changes occurring in the new year.
