FW: 90 day certification

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FYI - Illinois List Serve Members,

Sonja Racke from NGS is a good contact person.

Joyce ez, PT

Provena Saint ph Hospital

Elgin, IL

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From: ez, Joyce

Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 10:21 AM

To: 'Clinical Education-WELLPOINT-(Shared Mailbox)'

Subject: RE: 90 day certification

Thanks Sonja!

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From: Clinical Education-WELLPOINT-(Shared Mailbox)

Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 10:11 AM

To: ez, Joyce; Clinical Education-WELLPOINT-(Shared Mailbox)

Subject: RE: 90 day certification

According to the Final Rule, Part B Therapy certifications can be good

for up to 90 days-no CRs have been released by CMS yet, however the

Final Rule is just that- Final. Meaning it has been passed and

effective 1/1/08. This is not the proposed, this is the final

Sonja Racke RN, CPC, Team Lead

Provider Outreach and Clinical Education

Intermediary, r, and Jurisdiction B DME MAC

National Government Services, Medicare

Phone: 1-

Fax: 1-

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From: ez, Joyce

Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 10:55 AM

To: Clinical Education-WELLPOINT-(Shared Mailbox)

Subject: FW: 90 day certification

Here it is! Thanks for your input!

Joyce

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From: ez, Joyce

Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 1:32 PM

To: 'clinicaleducation@...'

Subject: FW: 90 day certification

Hi Sonja,

Here's the e-mail from Rick Gawenda sent through PT Manager. Please read

page 112-113 of the link below. They (Physical therapy yahoo group)

have been talking about this for a long time and would like your in-put

before we start implementing.

Thanks,

Joyce ez, PT

Provena Saint ph Hospital

Elgin, IL

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From: PTManager [mailto:PTManager ] On

Behalf Of Rick Gawenda

Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 8:43 PM

To: PTManager

Subject: RE: 90 day certification

Pierre,

It is final, but CMS is accepting comments on the

final rule. Here is the link to the final rule. If you

read the first page, it will give you the effective

date of most of the final rule with 2 sections being

final on July 1, 2008 and another section being final

on January 1, 2009.

http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo

..gov/2007/pdf/07-5506.pdf

<http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gp

o.gov/2007/pdf/07-5506.pdf>

Rick Gawenda, PT

President, Section on Health Policy & Administration

APTA

--- " Rougny, Pierre " <prougny@... <mailto:prougny%40emh.org> >

wrote:

> Rick. I read this over and it seems to be a

> proposed rule. And a

> good one at that. We then asked our local

> Medicare person and she

> told us it was not yet final. Tell me it isn't so!

>

>

>

> Pierre

>

> ________________________________

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> From: PTManager <mailto:PTManager%40yahoogroups.com>

> [mailto:PTManager <mailto:PTManager%40yahoogroups.com>

] On

> Behalf Of Rick Gawenda

> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:33 PM

> To: PTManager <mailto:PTManager%40yahoogroups.com>

> Subject: Re: 90 day certification

>

>

>

> Please read page 112-113 of the link below. You may

> need to copy and paste the link in your web browser.

>

>

http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo

<http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gp

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> .gov/2007/pdf/07-5506.pdf

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> o.gov/2007/pdf/07-5506.pdf>

>

> Rick Gawenda, PT

> President, Section on Health Policy & Administration

> APTA

>

> --- " Rougny, Pierre " <prougny@... <mailto:prougny%40emh.org>

> <mailto:prougny%40emh.org> >

> wrote:

>

> > Part B certifications are now for 90 days?

> > Can someone send the

> > link to the Medicare ruling on this? thanks

> >

> > Pierre H. Rougny, PT,OCS, MTC

> > Director of Rehabilitation Services

> > Sebasticook Valley Hospital

> > 141 Leighton St.

> > Pittsfield, ME 04967

> > (207)487-9293

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > [Non-text portions of this message have been

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> >

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