Re: Billing for physical therapist assistant's services

[Guest guest]

You would bill for 45 minutes (3 time based units) under your NPI and Medicare

number. The PT must be on the premise when the PTA is treating a Medicare

beneficiary in the private practice setting. Under your California PT Practice

Act, you must co-sign the PTA's documentation within 7 days of the date of

service.

Rick Gawenda, PT

President

Gawenda Seminars & Consulting, Inc.

www.gawendaseminars.com

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Subject: Billing for physical therapist assistant's services

To: PTManager

Date: Friday, June 24, 2011, 7:16 PM

 

Dear Group,

I am in southern California in Palmetto GBA's j1 part B jurisdiction. I searched

the CMS website and Palmetto's for a precise answer but came up with nothing.

Please help if you know the answer to the question.

Let's say a licensed PTA sees a patient (direct contact for 30min and the

supervising PT sees that patient for and additional 15 min (direct contact)on

the same day. In this scenario, do I have 45 min of billable time under the PT's

NPI and medicare number(PTAN)?

Or is it 15 min of billable time since the PT saw the patient for 15 min only?

Thank you in advance for any input!

Hailey J.

Clinic Manager

Good Rehab Physical Therapy.

LA, CA