Do you know therapy Medicare documentation requirements? Take a minute before you answer. While you are thinking about your answer, here are some more teasers: do you have a copy of your Medicare Administrative Contractor’s (MAC) local coverage determination, (LCD) and is it current? Do you know the required and voluntary elements of the therapy plan of care? Do you know how minutes… Read More
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3 Tips on the Use of the KX Modifier for Outpatient Therapy That Will Keep You Out of Trouble
Therapists have grown accustomed to using the KX modifier for outpatient therapy in order to over ride the therapy caps. For 2014, the therapy caps are $1920 for PT and SLP combined and $1920 for OT. When a patient exceeds one of the therapy caps, and therapy is still medically necessary the beneficiary’s financial limitations (therapy caps) can be over ridden with the use of the KX modifier … Read More
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