"Physical therapy is not a subspecialty of the medical profession and physical therapists are not medical doctors; we are a separate profession that provides a unique service that physicians are unable and untrained to provide."
Letter to the AMA from the APTA, Dec 2009
Sunday, February 24, 2008
How to write a Medicare Progress Note
Watch this video to see an example of a Medicare Progress Note that fufills the minimum requirements as set forth in Transmittal 63 (Medicare Benefits Policy Manual).
In the video, I talk about medical necessity for physical therapy, justification statements in the plan of care and in subsequent progress notes, the re-certification note and more.
Finally, I tie it all together with the Physical Therapy Diagnosis.
How to write a Medicare Progress Note
2008-02-24T20:18:00-05:00
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Tim Richardson, PT owns a private practice at Medical Arts Rehabilitation, Inc in Palmetto, Florida. The clinic website is at MedicalArtsRehab.com.
Bulletproof Expert Systems: Clinical Decision Support for Physical Therapists in the Outpatient Setting is a manager's workbook with stories, checklists, charts, graphs, tables, and templates describing how you can use paper-based or computerized tools to improve your clinic's Medicare compliance, process adherence and patient outcomes.
Tim has implemented a computerized Clinical Decision Support (CDS) system in his clinic since 2006 that serves as a Reminder, Alerting, Prompting and Predicting CDS using evidence-based tests and measures.
Tim can be reached at
TimRichPT@BulletproofPT.com .
"Make Decisions like Doctors"
Copyright 2007-2010 by Tim Richardson, PT.
No reproduction without authorization.
Bulletproof Expert Systems: Clinical Decision Support for Physical Therapists in the Outpatient Setting is a manager's workbook with stories, checklists, charts, graphs, tables, and templates describing how you can use paper-based or computerized tools to improve your clinic's Medicare compliance, process adherence and patient outcomes.
Tim has implemented a computerized Clinical Decision Support (CDS) system in his clinic since 2006 that serves as a Reminder, Alerting, Prompting and Predicting CDS using evidence-based tests and measures.
Tim can be reached at
TimRichPT@BulletproofPT.com .
"Make Decisions like Doctors"
Copyright 2007-2010 by Tim Richardson, PT.
No reproduction without authorization.