Barbara Wallace Kristina Pekovic, at the end of the bed, is a recent PTA Clinical Affiliation student who completed her in-service on joint mobility with RehabCare at Kindred Hospital – Indianapolis. Also pictured are Jeff Paris (Kristina’s supervisor on the mat), Duane Alexander (rehab tech), Corey Rheinh

Margaret Schmidt Shelly Mesure, owner of national rehabilitation management consultancy “A Mesured Solution, Inc.,” recently identified ten common errors in rehab documentation that can delay payment for therapy services. In her “Rehab Realities” column for McKnight’s Long-Term Care News , Mesure suggested that

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The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recently delivered its annual report to Congress on Medicare Payment Policy and provided testimony before the House Ways and Means Health subcommittee.

April 1, 2013 will bring with it the application of the 2% Medicare Sequester and the increase of the Multiple Payment Procedure Reduction (MPPR) percentage to 50% on the practice expense (PE) component of subsequent CPT codes for outpatient therapies.

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