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Group - we have a beautiful indoor therapy pool (24' x 48')yet are having trouble keeping skilled therapy usage at predicted, or even acceptable levels. What have you done to increase skilled aquatic therapy usage? We've " marketed " to physician

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I need to verify 'process' regarding Medicaid in Iowa. For Medicare, we need a recertification every thirty days. Is the requirement the same for Medicaid? If not, is there a specified time frame for recertification? [e.g. if the physician referral s

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In 1995 I worked with a system that had 3 Acute Care Hospitals and 1 SNF. We removed all whirlpools shortly after I arrived. To my knowledge, they have never been missed. There are clearly better alternatives. The change was made with little fanf

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I just came from a hospital meeting this morning where we were discussing DNR and Advanced Directive status of surgery patients. I asked the question as to what they felt should be the standard of practice for a recurring outpatient such as physical

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Speaking as a healthcare risk manager, as long as the patient has no open wounds or sores there are no problems. Many people who have Hepatitis do not even know they have the disease because it can lay dormant in the body for years. Having said that

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Redge, I would suggest charging the attorneys up front whatever you feel the therapist is worth for the time frame they will be in the deposition. Consider the billing potential for the time period. I additionally suggest that you request depositio

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Group - we're a medium-sized hospital with a free-standing outpatient center. We have patients admitted to the hospital for observation either through the E.D. or remain after an " outpatient " surgery. These people are termed, " observation pati

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The chiro's billing would not affect the cap since he/she is not using the GP modifier. In a message dated 10/14/2003 4:09:52 PM Central Standard Time, paulpt@... writes: > This one is unfamiliar to me. > > If a chiro is billing a 97xxx series code

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Greetings Colleagues, Periodically the therapists in our organization are called upon to provide deposition on behalf of rehab clients. As an organization our hospital has not set up a mechanism to charge for this service considering a part of our

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UnumProvident Loses Court Ruling Press Herald - 07/08/03 - A federal court ruling Monday will allow four lawsuits to continue against UnumProvident. The plaintiffs in each of the suits charge that the insurance company routinely refused to pay disa

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For those of you involved with aquatic therapy, we are in need of the appropriate therapeutic water temperature ranges. Does anyone have literature citations or experienced based best practices for pool temperatures? We have a multifunction indoor

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Redge; When you are in court you are walking away from billable time. It is not expected that you would appear in court to provide expert testimony for free (unless you are doing this for the goodwill of a destitute client). A typical method I sug

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Well, I am impressed on how many hospital outpatient clinic's have responded to this therapy cap letter. Now, just because you think you have more cost than a private practice, does not justify a hospital based practice being exempt from the cap. I

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While there is no doubt that nursing (anyone for that matter) can identify some needs of a patient which can be potentially met by therapy, no one but a therapist can identify all of the needs a patient may have which can be met by therapy. I hope t

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Does any one have information about national averages of cost of clinic space. I am looking at lease, utilities, and wanting to see if there are ball park averages of what that is as a percent of volume. Any ideas? Thanks Phil Central Kansas Medical

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Hi everyone, To add to Dan's excellent response: There is alot of confusion out there between " referral " and " certification " with Medicare. Be careful with this. In my practice, I have had patients call their Medicare representative about

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Can anyone tell me if a certificate of operation is required in New york state for a private outpatient PT clinic?. If so, how is it obtained? Thanks, MCanavan@...

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Good Morning all, We are currently researching for a replacement digital camera for documenting wound change in our clinic. The camera currently in for lead consideration is the coolpix 4500. Are any of you using digital imaging for your wound doc

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I would appreciate feedback from other Rehab programs: Is it your expectation or policy that staff routinely order seatbelts as standard equipment on ALL wheelchairs that they order for ALL patients leaving their unit? OR Is that decision (on a

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Hi, I work in a small rural hospital and I have a question regarding the medicare cap. We are a hospital based OP clinic but we also see patients in our critical access hospital. The patients are acute care, swing bed patients and we also see also h

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Our pool temp is kept at 91-92 degrees. This functions for mild general exercise (note: NOT swimming laps for exercise) and pt. pathologies as you've listed. Sorry, no resource for this, just experience over the years. Randy , PT, MEd Assistant Di

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Dave wrote- > Recently, we have had an orthopedic surgeon who has disagreed with our > discharges in general. He feels that all discharge decisions should be made > by the physician and that if the doctor feels that the patient should > receive add'

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I need some help on the process of determination of the CMS Provider Based classification as described in Program Memorandum A-03-030. Are any of your organizations providing outpatient rehabilitation services in an off campus location and fall unde

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Ex-HealthSouth CEO Mum, Employees Felt Intimidated [url]http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story & u=/nm/20031016/pl_nm/congres[/url] s_healthsouth_dc_3 By Kaplan and Pelofsky WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former HealthSouth Corp. Chief Executive Sc

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Marlon: I'm not sure of your clinical setting. However, I recently saw a discussion on ErgoWebs ListServ about nursing home/patient transfer issues/injury risks (not only CNA's). OSHA has nursing guidelines ([url]www.osha.gov[/url], ergonomics, hea

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Group - we have a beautiful indoor therapy pool (24' x 48')yet are having trouble keeping skilled therapy usage at predicted, or even acceptable levels. What have you done to increase skilled aquatic therapy usage? We've " marketed " to physician

I need to verify 'process' regarding Medicaid in Iowa. For Medicare, we need a recertification every thirty days. Is the requirement the same for Medicaid? If not, is there a specified time frame for recertification? [e.g. if the physician referral s

In 1995 I worked with a system that had 3 Acute Care Hospitals and 1 SNF. We removed all whirlpools shortly after I arrived. To my knowledge, they have never been missed. There are clearly better alternatives. The change was made with little fanf

I just came from a hospital meeting this morning where we were discussing DNR and Advanced Directive status of surgery patients. I asked the question as to what they felt should be the standard of practice for a recurring outpatient such as physical

Speaking as a healthcare risk manager, as long as the patient has no open wounds or sores there are no problems. Many people who have Hepatitis do not even know they have the disease because it can lay dormant in the body for years. Having said that

Redge, I would suggest charging the attorneys up front whatever you feel the therapist is worth for the time frame they will be in the deposition. Consider the billing potential for the time period. I additionally suggest that you request depositio

Group - we're a medium-sized hospital with a free-standing outpatient center. We have patients admitted to the hospital for observation either through the E.D. or remain after an " outpatient " surgery. These people are termed, " observation pati

The chiro's billing would not affect the cap since he/she is not using the GP modifier. In a message dated 10/14/2003 4:09:52 PM Central Standard Time, paulpt@... writes: > This one is unfamiliar to me. > > If a chiro is billing a 97xxx series code

Greetings Colleagues, Periodically the therapists in our organization are called upon to provide deposition on behalf of rehab clients. As an organization our hospital has not set up a mechanism to charge for this service considering a part of our

UnumProvident Loses Court Ruling Press Herald - 07/08/03 - A federal court ruling Monday will allow four lawsuits to continue against UnumProvident. The plaintiffs in each of the suits charge that the insurance company routinely refused to pay disa

For those of you involved with aquatic therapy, we are in need of the appropriate therapeutic water temperature ranges. Does anyone have literature citations or experienced based best practices for pool temperatures? We have a multifunction indoor

Redge; When you are in court you are walking away from billable time. It is not expected that you would appear in court to provide expert testimony for free (unless you are doing this for the goodwill of a destitute client). A typical method I sug

Well, I am impressed on how many hospital outpatient clinic's have responded to this therapy cap letter. Now, just because you think you have more cost than a private practice, does not justify a hospital based practice being exempt from the cap. I

While there is no doubt that nursing (anyone for that matter) can identify some needs of a patient which can be potentially met by therapy, no one but a therapist can identify all of the needs a patient may have which can be met by therapy. I hope t

Does any one have information about national averages of cost of clinic space. I am looking at lease, utilities, and wanting to see if there are ball park averages of what that is as a percent of volume. Any ideas? Thanks Phil Central Kansas Medical

Hi everyone, To add to Dan's excellent response: There is alot of confusion out there between " referral " and " certification " with Medicare. Be careful with this. In my practice, I have had patients call their Medicare representative about

Can anyone tell me if a certificate of operation is required in New york state for a private outpatient PT clinic?. If so, how is it obtained? Thanks, MCanavan@...

Good Morning all, We are currently researching for a replacement digital camera for documenting wound change in our clinic. The camera currently in for lead consideration is the coolpix 4500. Are any of you using digital imaging for your wound doc

I would appreciate feedback from other Rehab programs: Is it your expectation or policy that staff routinely order seatbelts as standard equipment on ALL wheelchairs that they order for ALL patients leaving their unit? OR Is that decision (on a

Hi, I work in a small rural hospital and I have a question regarding the medicare cap. We are a hospital based OP clinic but we also see patients in our critical access hospital. The patients are acute care, swing bed patients and we also see also h

Our pool temp is kept at 91-92 degrees. This functions for mild general exercise (note: NOT swimming laps for exercise) and pt. pathologies as you've listed. Sorry, no resource for this, just experience over the years. Randy , PT, MEd Assistant Di

Dave wrote- > Recently, we have had an orthopedic surgeon who has disagreed with our > discharges in general. He feels that all discharge decisions should be made > by the physician and that if the doctor feels that the patient should > receive add'

I need some help on the process of determination of the CMS Provider Based classification as described in Program Memorandum A-03-030. Are any of your organizations providing outpatient rehabilitation services in an off campus location and fall unde

Ex-HealthSouth CEO Mum, Employees Felt Intimidated [url]http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story & u=/nm/20031016/pl_nm/congres[/url] s_healthsouth_dc_3 By Kaplan and Pelofsky WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former HealthSouth Corp. Chief Executive Sc

Marlon: I'm not sure of your clinical setting. However, I recently saw a discussion on ErgoWebs ListServ about nursing home/patient transfer issues/injury risks (not only CNA's). OSHA has nursing guidelines ([url]www.osha.gov[/url], ergonomics, hea

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