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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
Furthermore, services that do not require the performance or supervision of a therapist are not skilled and are not considered reasonable or necessary therapy services, even if they are performed or supervised by a qualified professional. How does this impact skill? What about diagnosis or condition?
Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder
JUNE 20, 2024
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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder
MAY 12, 2022
These are some positive steps to ensuring care and reimbursement align with patient needs, evidence-based practice and the unique level of skilled care you provide daily. In closing, changes are coming. She can be reached at rkinder@broadriverrehab.com.
Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder
MARCH 14, 2024
Today, I would like for us all to consider not merely the importance of documenting daily skilled care but also the reason for referral and the need for initiating services in the first place. If you didn’t document it, it didn’t happen. How many times have we all heard those words? For further inquiries, she can be contacted here.
Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder
MARCH 16, 2023
Answer: Since maintenance services are considered skilled care, the patient must meet the setting-specific qualifying criteria outlined in the law, regulations, and Medicare Benefit Policy Manual. Question: What qualifies a patient for therapist-provided maintenance services under the Medicare benefit?
Comfort Home Care
MARCH 29, 2022
Personal care : Help with activities of daily living (ADLs) such as bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, housekeeping, laundry, meal prep, and help with eating. Skilled care: As the disease progresses, many times patients need skilled nursing care to perform wound care, physical therapy, injections, and/or the administration of drugs.
Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder
MARCH 3, 2022
We also know that our skilled care, its impacts and the patients’ ability to maintain functional abilities extends well beyond the time during which direct care provision is provided. They feel supported. The rehab is never just about therapy alone. She can be reached at rkinder@broadriverrehab.com.
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