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Medicare ABNs and Therapy Services – Recorded on October 21, 2021 |
Yearly Members: Access the Recording Here
Monthly and Non-Members: Purchase Here
The course covers Medicare’s policy on the use of ABNs including mandatory and voluntary use, documentation requirements, use in special circumstances, and potential pitfalls.
New Federal Regulation on Surprise Billing
- Estimated costs/charges
- Resolving payment disputes
Advanced Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage
- Mandatory and voluntary ABNs
- Medicare necessity – Therapy services
- Therapy services specifically not covered
- Notice and delivery requirements
- Prohibited uses of an ABN
- Patient decisions i.e. refusal to sign
- Collection of funds and refunds
Documentation
- Completion of the ABN form – Details of each section
- Date and signature requirements
- Authorized representatives
- Retention requirements
- Use of ABN modifiers
Other Settings
- Home Health Change of Care Notices
- Medicare Advantage Plans
CME Credit:
PT: This webinar will quality for 1.0 hour of PT CME credit in AL, AK, AR, AZ, CO, CT, DE, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, NE, NV, NH, NC, ND, NM, OK, OR, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WY
OT: This webinar will quality for 1.0 hour of OT CME credit in AL, AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MN, MS, MO, NC, NE, NV, NH, ND, NM, OK, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WV, WI, WY
Speaker: Zachary Edgar JD, LLM is the managing partner for Therapy Comply. Zachary is healthcare attorney who specializes in state healthcare regulatory issues particularly for physical and occupational therapy practices. Zachary has spent ten years as in-house counsel for a physical therapy management company where he handled a wide variety of healthcare legal issues including: federal and state healthcare fraud and abuse laws, state professional and facility licensing issues, HIPAA, employment issues, and Medicare and Medicaid compliance. Zachary obtained his BA and JD from the University for Arizona and an LLM in healthcare law from Loyola University.
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