RE: Re: MEDICARE 1.5% BONUS PROGRAM

[Guest guest]

Lane,

Thank you for your help. Is the 1.5% an increase in total charges? Meaning,

1.5% of what Medicare allows for all procedures and modalities performed on

the patient?

From: PTManager [mailto:PTManager ] On Behalf

Of Lane Blondheim

Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 4:03 AM

To: PTManager

Subject: Re: MEDICARE 1.5% BONUS PROGRAM

Diane,

We have decided to participate in the Bonus Program. It is an easy

process regarding the paperwork. We are only documenting a little

more specifically in regards to actual dosages of medications (based

on pt report or copying down from their med bottles, if remembered by

the pt) and the number of falls. We already asked the questions

prior to the Bonus Program, but are now making the information more

prominent by documenting the information in the evaluation in its own

area and on the questionnaires available on the CMS website.

The slow down is in the filling out of the questionnaires: pt name,

MR#, DOB, date of eval, male/female, PT MCare number, and the code

for " billing " that you actually asked the questions. THis is not too

much slow down. Only a minute or two.

Lane Blondheim, PT, MT

Active Health and Rehab

Montgomery, AL

>

> Is anyone participating in the Medicare 1.5% Bonus Program? If so,

would

> you tell me how time consuming the documentation is and whether or

not it is

> worth your time for only 1.5%. Also…1.5% of what? What is

Medicare basing

> the 1.5% on?

>

>

>

> Thank you

>

>

>

> DIANE SKAFF

>

> Manager

>

>

>

> Valley Rehabilitation, Ltd.

>

>

>

>

>

>

> No virus found in this outgoing message.

> Checked by AVG Free Edition.

> Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.5/1228 - Release Date:

1/16/2008

> 9:01 AM

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Also, I understand that the 1.5% is also subject to a cap. Do you know what

that cap amount is?

Thanks again

From: PTManager [mailto:PTManager ] On Behalf

Of Lane Blondheim

Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 4:03 AM

To: PTManager

Subject: Re: MEDICARE 1.5% BONUS PROGRAM

Diane,

We have decided to participate in the Bonus Program. It is an easy

process regarding the paperwork. We are only documenting a little

more specifically in regards to actual dosages of medications (based

on pt report or copying down from their med bottles, if remembered by

the pt) and the number of falls. We already asked the questions

prior to the Bonus Program, but are now making the information more

prominent by documenting the information in the evaluation in its own

area and on the questionnaires available on the CMS website.

The slow down is in the filling out of the questionnaires: pt name,

MR#, DOB, date of eval, male/female, PT MCare number, and the code

for " billing " that you actually asked the questions. THis is not too

much slow down. Only a minute or two.

Lane Blondheim, PT, MT

Active Health and Rehab

Montgomery, AL

>

> Is anyone participating in the Medicare 1.5% Bonus Program? If so,

would

> you tell me how time consuming the documentation is and whether or

not it is

> worth your time for only 1.5%. Also…1.5% of what? What is

Medicare basing

> the 1.5% on?

>

>

>

> Thank you

>

>

>

> DIANE SKAFF

>

> Manager

>

>

>

> Valley Rehabilitation, Ltd.

>

>

>

>

>

>

> No virus found in this outgoing message.

> Checked by AVG Free Edition.

> Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.5/1228 - Release Date:

1/16/2008

> 9:01 AM

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

We have doing the Fall risk assessment (1100F/1101F) since July and don't find

it time consuming. We started doing the Patient co-development of treatment &

Pain assessment(G8437 & G84440) at the beginning of this month. It's a little

more work inputting the codes for billing but the therapists are not complaining

and everyone is participating.

Laurie

Office Manager

Elite Sports Medicine and Physical Therapy

Kansas City, Missouri

Diane Skaff wrote:

Also, I understand that the 1.5% is also subject to a cap. Do you know what

that cap amount is?

Thanks again

From: PTManager [mailto:PTManager ] On Behalf

Of Lane Blondheim

Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 4:03 AM

To: PTManager

Subject: Re: MEDICARE 1.5% BONUS PROGRAM

Diane,

We have decided to participate in the Bonus Program. It is an easy

process regarding the paperwork. We are only documenting a little

more specifically in regards to actual dosages of medications (based

on pt report or copying down from their med bottles, if remembered by

the pt) and the number of falls. We already asked the questions

prior to the Bonus Program, but are now making the information more

prominent by documenting the information in the evaluation in its own

area and on the questionnaires available on the CMS website.

The slow down is in the filling out of the questionnaires: pt name,

MR#, DOB, date of eval, male/female, PT MCare number, and the code

for " billing " that you actually asked the questions. THis is not too

much slow down. Only a minute or two.

Lane Blondheim, PT, MT

Active Health and Rehab

Montgomery, AL

>

> Is anyone participating in the Medicare 1.5% Bonus Program? If so,

would

> you tell me how time consuming the documentation is and whether or

not it is

> worth your time for only 1.5%. Also…1.5% of what? What is

Medicare basing

> the 1.5% on?

>

>

>

> Thank you

>

>

>

> DIANE SKAFF

>

> Manager

>

>

>

> Valley Rehabilitation, Ltd.

>

>

>

>

>

>

> No virus found in this outgoing message.

> Checked by AVG Free Edition.

> Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.5/1228 - Release Date:

1/16/2008

> 9:01 AM

>

>

>

>