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Industry Note:

Are You Meeting Both Therapy Reassessment Deadlines?

Don't think you can keep billing for therapy if you meet one therapy reassessment requirement, but not the other. Question: "Does the non-coverage policy apply for both the 30-day requirement and the 13th/19th-visit requirement" a provider asks in a recently updated CMS document on therapy questions-and-answers. Answer: "Yes," CMS replies in the Q&As online at www.cms.gov/HomeHealthPPS/Downloads/Therapy_Questions_and_Answers.pdf.
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