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| A comprehensive, integrated analysis to assist in building efficient and cost-effective therapy programs.
Whether your facility has an in-house program or is under contract, therapy is one of your largest cost centers under PPS. A well-run, cost effective therapy department is often the most important component to a successful Medicare program.
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Comprehensive Therapy Analysis can help your organization determine:
- How effectively you are achieving maximal Rehab RUG levels
- Your cost per minute of therapy delivered
- Your cost per minute of therapy reimbursed
- How your therapy cost compares to that of other facilities
- Whether your therapy department is assisting the organization in addressing Quality Measure/Indicator (QM/QI) problems
- How well your therapists monitor therapy delivered and document it for quality and compliance
- Your therapy department's optimal productivity rate
- Whether your therapy department is meeting your expectations for resident care
- Whether you have the right therapist staffing mix
- Whether your therapists are addressing all Part B needs in the facility
- If your therapy documentation is strong enough to prevent claim denials?
- How effectively your therapists, MDS coordinators, billing and nursing departments communicate
- Whether your therapy staff has the clinical, regulatory, and coding resources they need to ensure compliance
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Program components include:
- Assessment of your rehabilitation program
- Evaluation of the available rehabilitation space, equipment and supplies
- Review of documentation policies and procedures
- Assessment of your staff's educational needs
- A complete financial review of the therapy program, its relationship to all payors, including Medicare, and the managed care cost structure
- Financial analysis of current therapy operation
- Financial analysis of rehabilitation strategic initiatives
- In-service programs
- Rehabilitation specialty program development
- Denials management tracking
- Medicare rehabilitation billing training
- Quality assurance review
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