September is National Suicide Prevention Month
Part 2 of 2
Cedaron is grateful to guest blogger, Melissa Howard, for sharing this primer. Melissa lost her younger brother to suicide and has turned her grief toward advocacy and community education.
September is National Suicide Prevention Month
Part 1 of 2
Suicide is a growing public health issue. According to the CDC, it is the 10th leading cause of death in the U.S. Risks are numerous and range from chronic pain and illness, to substance abuse, to prolonged and significant stress.
(Chronic pain and opioid abuse are two reasons the APTA’s hashtag — #ChoosePT — is so powerful.)
CMS on June 21 issued its finalized national coverage determination (NCD) for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)—one that reportedly offers greater flexibility for hospitals and providers.
G-Codes are gone! Happy news for our therapy community.
The KX modifier is still required, though, so make sure you understand this update to the Medicare reporting requirements.
If your patient’s plan of care has exceeded the threshold of expenses, you must confirm these services are medically necessary. Report the KX modifier on the applicable claims and, as always, make sure your documentation supports the charge.
The KX modifier is no longer used to request an exception to the threshold.
You can read the CMS publication here: http://bit.ly/MM11120
If you’re a CONNECT user and have questions about these changes, or how to apply the KX modifier, Cedaron’s support team is here 24/7. Contact us and we’ll help you figure it out.
Not yet a member of the CONNECT family, but want to learn more? Let’s talk about some ways to make your documentation, billing, and reporting so. much. easier.
800.424.1007 info@cedaron.com
So, you have something important to say to your members of congress. Excellent! The message you share and the method you use are both key to your success as an advocate. Message and method make all the difference between being heard-heard…and being sorted by an algorithm into a pile with hundreds of other constituents.
If you provide rehab therapy services, you probably aren’t providing telehealth for your Medicare patients. And why is that? Because you’re not on the list of providers who are allowed to charge for these services.
A panel of CEO’s, CIO’s, venture capital industry analysts and the editorial team at CIOReview names Cedaron Medical as one of the top 10 EMR-EHR solution providers for 2017.
Cedaron’s clients report dramatic rewards after adopting our CONNECT EHR for physical therapy. On average, they see an 84 percent drop in claim denials and a 23 percent reduction in administrative overhead. Therapists spend an average of 12 percent more time with patients because Cedaron CONNECT ensures their documentation is accurate and defensible.
The team here at Cedaron has worked closely with leaders of the American Physical Therapy Association since 2003, when they selected us as their sole EMR vendor from a field of 80 competitors. Our CONNECT software automatically uploads data to APTA’s Physical Therapy Outcomes Registry. You’ll understand why this is so important after you read this post from APTA CEO Justin Moore. In it, he shares why this new registry is a vital technological leap for the physical therapy profession.
Our team at Cedaron Medical is pleased to announce today that we are now an authorized vendor for the American Heart Association’s premier registry for acute myocardial infarction, the Get With The Guidelines®-Coronary Artery Disease (GWTG-CAD) registry.
