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Medicare Claims Audits

PTs are under increasing pressure to ensure compliance with coverage, payment, coding, documentation, and billing requirements.

Viewpoints: April 2023

Apr 1, 2023/Article

Props to the Ethics in Practice column and a conversation with winners of the APTA Minority Scholarship Award.

Patient Protections

Mar 1, 2020/Article

What are the federal expectations for providers when it comes to non-discrimination, disability access, and the rights of patients with limited English proficiency?

Coronavirus Update: March 24, 2020

Mar 24, 2020/News

APTA joins effort for stepped up NPE response by Congress; new template letter for telehealth; wound care considered "essential," and more.

Important Medicare and Medicaid Resources: Hospice Care

Feb 12, 2020/Article

Medicare and Medicaid can play a major role in hospice care. Here are four recommended CMS resources that can help you understand the system.

American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care - 2020

Oct 21, 2020/CPG

Provides updates in technology and scientific knowledge to effectively translate the science of resuscitation into clinical care and improved outcomes.

Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis and Management [NICE CG131]

Dec 15, 2021/CPG

This guideline presents recommendations for the tests, care, and management of men with suspected or diagnosed prostate cancer. In the section covering fatigue (1.14.19), it is suggested that individuals starting or having androgen deprivation therapy be offered supervised resistance and aerobic exercise

APTA Practice Advisory: CPT Codes for Caregiver Training Without the Patient Present

Mar 27, 2024/Resource

The 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule added three CPT codes for providing caregiver education in the interest of an individual or a group of patients without the patient present.

Judge Lays Out What CMS Must Do to Correct Jimmo Education Failings

Feb 6, 2017/News

These education efforts were supposed to have taken place after the 2013 Jimmo settlement around the improvement standard.

New CMS Nursing Home Recommendations Stress Collaboration, Consistent Staffing Assignment

Apr 3, 2020/News

The new recommendations underscore existing CDC and CMS guidance and call for extensive use of masks and other PPE.