Items of Interest

Items of Interest

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Transmittals:
12/29/06 - Updates for Part B services, including elimination of manual exceptions, Medical review guidelines. Use of group therapy and students.	Documentation Guidelines Use of automatic exceptions and KX modifier Medical Review update
02/15/06 - Information on how the therapy caps are to be implemented along with manual and automatic exception processes	Therapy Caps-Documentation - Feb 2006 Therapy Caps-Billing- Feb 2006 Therapy Caps-Medical Review- Feb 2006
05/06/05 - Total makeover of Part B therapy regulations. Effective date 06/06/05	Totally Updated Part B Regulation - June 2005
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CMS Manuals:
Updated regulations for documentation, identifies need for objective data	Part B regulations effective no later than Jan 31st 2007
CMS Website
Main Website	www.cms.hhs.gov
Manuals	www.cms.hhs.gov/manuals
LCDs	www.cms.hhs.gov/mcd/indexes.asp
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Professional Associations
American Physical Therapy Association	www.APTA.org
American Occupational Therapy Association	www.AOTA.org
American Speech Hearing Association	www.ASHA.org
American Health Care Association	www.ahca.org
National Association of Rehab Agencies	www.naranet.org
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Publications
Advance for Magazines	www.advanceweb.com
Today in PT	www.todayinpt.com

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Last updated July 26th 2010