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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder
JUNE 20, 2024
The opinions expressed in McKnight’s Long-Term Care News guest submissions are the author’s and are not necessarily those of McKnight’s Long-Term Care News or its editors. Renee Kinder, MS, CCC-SLP, RAC-CT, serves as the Executive Vice President of Clinical Services for Broad River Rehab. Have a column idea?
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?
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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?
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. Third, who is responsible for care? They feel supported. The rehab is never just about therapy alone.
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