As an occupational therapist, this is a written letter that you provide correcting reasons for denial of payment.

What is a qualification to receive Medicare Part A coverage?

In Home Health Care, reimbursement primarily occurs through:

Mrs. S is completing LB dressing tasks during her OT session. She is able to place both feet into her underwear and pant legs but is unable to bend over, grasp her clothes, and pull her clothes up to her hip. Therefore, she completes 4/6 LB dressing tasks. How would you score the LB dressing GG code using the following GG scale?  Coding: Safety and Quality of Performance – If helper assistance is required because patient’s/resident’s performance is unsafe or of poor quality, score according to amount of assistance provided. Activities may be completed with or without assistive devices. 06. Independent – Patient/resident safely completes the activity by him/herself with no assistance from a helper. 05. Setup or clean-up assistance – Helper sets up or cleans up; patient/resident completes activity. Helper assists only prior to or following the activity. 04. Supervision or touching assistance – Helper provides verbal cues and/or touching/steadying and/or contact guard assistance as patient/resident completes activity. Assistance may be provided throughout the activity or intermittently. 03. Partial/moderate assistance – Helper does LESS THAN HALF the effort. Helper lifts, holds or supports trunk or limbs, but provides less than half the effort. 02. Substantial/maximal assistance – Helper does MORE THAN HALF the effort. Helper lifts or holds trunk or limbs and provides more than half the effort. 01. Dependent – Helper does ALL of the effort. Patient/resident does none of the effort to complete the activity. Or, the assistance of 2 or more helpers is required for the patient/resident to complete the activity.

When using an electronic medical record, it is encouraged to use the copy forward and past functions without individualizing for your client.

Therapist facilitated 7 minutes of wheelchair management training. How many total units would you bill?

You receive an OT order to evaluate and treat. During your evaluation, you determine your chart review time was brief due to minimal (2) co-morbidities.  During your evaluation you determined there were 2 performance factors limiting occupational performance. The time you spent with your client was under 30 minutes. What evaluation code would you bill?

Please match OT’s primary role to each practice setting an OT may work in:

Provide the chemical formula for the following: a) strontium acetate b) niobium(III)sulfite c) rubidium nitride d) Iron (II) phosphate octahydrate  

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