CMS released the Final 2015 Physician Fee Schedule Rule on October 31st, 2014. Some highlights from the rule which will…
There have been some recent developments regarding legislation which should be of interest to physical therapists. First, the “Prevent Interruptions…
CMS announced last month that it is establishing four new HCPCS modifiers to define subsets of the -59 modifier. To…
I was recently approached by two different therapists with the same question pertaining to a very similar chain of events. …
I wanted to share a quick update regarding UHC’s functional limitation reporting policy for its Medicare Advantage plans. As noted in…
We have known for a couple of months now that United Healthcare plans to implement functional limitation reporting for its…
For some time now, we have anxiously awaited the Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on physician self-referral for physical therapy.…
As a follow-up to my previous blog entry on functional limitation reporting issues, I wanted to share a few additional…
You did everything you knew to do. You educated yourself. You trained your staff. You knew this stuff backwards and…
Last month’s blog entry hinted at some of the impending changes for PQRS in 2014. CMS finally released the measure…