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Proposed Therapy Visit Ranges Spell Trouble Ahead

Published on Wed Jul 11, 2012

CMS wants to eliminate the 'close to' standard for multi-discipline episodes.One therapy reassessment requirement will get more cut and dried under the 2013 PPS proposed rule, but the result will be a survey and reimbursement mess for home health agencies.Old way: Currently, when beneficiaries re-ceive more than one type of therapy in a home health episode, the therapist's reassessment visit "need only be 'close to' the 13th and 19th visits," the Cen-ters for Medicare & Medicaid Services reiterates in the home health prospective payment system proposed rule for 2013.New way: CMS proposes "to revise the regulations ... to clarify that in cases where the patient is receiving more than one type of therapy, qualified therapists could complete their reassessment visits during the 11th, 12th, or 13th visit for the required 13th visit reassessment and the 17th, 18th, or 19th visit for the required 19th visit reassessment," the agency says in [...]
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