DOCUMENTING FOR SUCCESS

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March 14, 2015

8:00 am Sign in     ***    Course start time 9:00 am 

6 Contact Hours

$99 for members * * * $174 non members

Naperville, IL 

 COURSE DESCRIPTION

Documenting for Success provides participants with critical Medicare regulatory knowledge pertaining to both coverage guidelines and documentation standards.  The various high impact documentation components will be discussed in depth with examples provided to facilitate understanding of Medicare documentation requirements.

Location

Edward Memorial Hospital

Education Center
801 South Washington Street
Naperville, IL 60540 

 

COURSE OUTLINE

  • Introduction
  • Current Reimbursement Environment
  • Navigating Regulatory Resources
  • Exploration of Medicare Documentation Standards
  • Medical Necessity- defined
  • High Impact Documentation Components
  • SOAP Notes
  • Anatomy of a Skilled Intervention Statement
  • The Art of Capturing the Medical Necessity
    - of Performing an Evaluation
    - of Initiating Treatment
    - of the Treatment
    - of Continuing Treatment
    - of the Level of Service Provided
    - of the Duration of Service Provided
  • How Therapists Create Their Own Denials
  • Documentation for Low Functioning Patients
  • Documentation for High Functioning Patients
  • Skilled Maintenance

Questions and Answers

 Presented by: Cathy DeMartinis

DSI President, Cathy DeMartinis, has more than 30 years of experience in the health care industry.  Her core areas of expertise are Medicare regulation and documentation standards as they relate to physical, occupational, and speech therapy. 

Having provided clinical service in acute hospital, rehab hospital, outpatient, home health and long term care settings; she is uniquely qualified to provide realistic application of Medicare regulation and documentation standards.  

In addition to her direct clinical experiences, Cathy has been both a rehab agency administrator and a manager of PT, OT, and ST practices, giving her complete understanding of the steps involved from clinical service delivery to reimbursement outcome. 

Cathy continues to hold active physical therapy licenses in Illinois and Wisconsin and is a member of the APTA.  She is an annual guest lecturer for the physical therapy students of Northwestern University and the physical and occupational students at Midwestern University giving them clear perspective on real-life documentation practice.

She has been president and owner of Documentation Solutions, Inc. since 1990.

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