Name: Building Your Case for Medical Necessity: The Nuts and Bolts of Skilled Therapy Documentation
Rating: 5 (4199 reviews)

This course provides participants with an understanding of documentation requirements in a post-acute setting, including Medicare regulations and guidelines. It identifies why speech therapy services are denied and ways to mitigate the denial of skilled services, and describes how to document medical necessity.

Course created on August 24, 2021

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Course Type: Video, Audio, Text

CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.15 Introductory, Related; IACET/0.2; Kansas LTS-S1370/1.5; SAC/1.5

Learning Outcomes

After this course, participants will be able to list 3 reasons SLP services are denied by payers in a post-acute setting.
After this course, participants will be able to describe documentation requirements to support the provision of medically necessary services.
After this course, participants will be able to identify examples of skilled therapy services documentation that support medical necessity and meet Medicare requirements for reimbursement.

Agenda

0-5 Minutes	Introduction
5-10 Minutes	Post-Acute Care Payment Models Part A\B\HH Eligibility
10-20 Minutes	Part A/B/HH Reimbursement
20-25 Minutes	Role of Documentation and Reason for Denials
25-30 Minutes	What is Medical Necessity
30-40 Minutes	Use of Standardized Assessments, Evaluations
40-45 Minutes	Goal Writing
45-55 Minutes	Progess Notes/HH Visit Notes
55-60 Minutes	Recertifications
60-65 Minutes	Daily Notes and Discharge Summaries
65-70 Minutes	Skilled Language
70-75 Minutes	Overview of CPT Codes
75-85 Minutes	Billing Considerations
85-90 Minutes	Summary, Q&A

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Presented By

Melissa Collier
MS CCC-SLP, CHC, CDP

Melissa Collier received her Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Texas Christian University and actively holds a Certification in Healthcare Compliance. She has extensive clinical experience in post-acute care, having worked in skilled nursing and home health settings for the last 13 years. Melissa is a subject matter expert in post-acute care reimbursement, denials and appeals, and documentation compliance.

Melissa currently serves as the Vice President of Clinical Quality and Compliance for Continuum Rehab Group where she provides clinical education, develops and implements clinical programming, and oversees CRG's denials and appeals department and compliance program. She has previously written and presented continuing education courses in the areas of documentation, dysphagia, and dementia for the Texas Speech-Language and Hearing Association, ASHA, and other online continuing education platforms.

Presenter Disclosure: Financial: Melissa Collier received an honorarium for this presentation. She is Vice President of Clinical Quality and Compliance for Continuum Rehab Group. Nonfinancial: No relevant relationships to disclose.

Sponsor Disclosure: This Course is presented by SpeechPathology.com, a Continued site.

Content Disclosure: This learning event does not focus exclusively on any specific product or service.

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Passing an online exam and completing a course evaluation will be required to earn continuing education credit.

Live Webinars allow presenter and participant interaction. The exam and course evaluation for these courses must be completed within 7 days of the event.

On-demand courses include texts, video and audio recordings of live webinars, and multimedia formats. The exam and course evaluation for on-demand courses must be completed within 30 days of course registration.

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American Speech-Language-Hearing Assn.

Introductory Level
0.15 ASHA CEUs

International Association for Continuing Education and Training

Continued, LLC, DBA SpeechPathology.com, is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). Continued complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard, which is recognized internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices. As a result of this accreditation, Continued is authorized to issue the IACET CEU. continued, LLC, is authorized by IACET to offer 0.2 CEUs for this program.

Kansas Dept for Aging and Disability Services

Approved for 1.5 continuing education clock hour(s) for Kansas licensed Speech Pathologists by the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services. Long-Term Sponsorship number: LTS-S1370.

California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board: SpeechPathology.com is approved by the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board as a Continuing Professional Development Provider, approval number PDP 268. This course may meet the requirements for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for SLPs as required by the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board. The responsibility for determining whether or not this specific course counts toward an individual's requirements for license renewal is up to the individual. Please refer to the CA state board rules regarding allowable topics and self-study limits: http://www.speechandhearing.ca.gov/licensees/ce_req.shtml. Live webinars on SpeechPathology.com do not count as self-study courses toward California professional development requirements.

Speech-Language and Audiology Canada

Clinically certified members of Speech-Language and Audiology Canada (SAC) can accumulate continuing education equivalents (CEEs) for their participation with SpeechPathology.com. One hour of coursework equals 1 CEE. All SAC members are encouraged to participate in on-going education.

Building Your Case for Medical Necessity: The Nuts and Bolts of Skilled Therapy Documentation