Therapy Certification Training for Healthcare Providers

This course is designed to educate healthcare providers (HCP) on how they can handle patients who might benefit from physical therapy on a regular basis. However, when it comes to term, certification, and other specifics, Medicare has certain rules. Learn what to look for when a condition entails physical therapy. What you will learn:Who is authorized to provide outpatient therapy services?What services require the skills of a therapist?Overview of Medicare and outpatient therapy servicesWho can give outpatient therapy services?Requirements for therapy service documentationExamples of good documentationWhat is a plan of care in therapy services?How does one get certified?Timing of certifications and re-certificationsWhat is the purpose of progress reports?What are treatment encounter notes?What is reasonable and necessary rehabilitation therapy?Recovery or improvement rehabilitation servicesWhat are the skilled and unskilled maintenance services?What are therapy services covered under?The information contained in these trainings was derived from publications from CMS, Medicare, OSHA, EEOC, DOL, OCR, FDA, CDC, NIAID, ATSDR, HHS or WHO (Government Sourced Material). None of the planners, authors, or instructors for this activity have any relevant financial relationships to disclose. The Government Sourced Material used by AMC is available for no charge on their associated websites. The use of the Government Sourced Material by AMC does not imply endorsement or recommendation by Medicare, NCBI, AHRQ, OSHA, EEOC, CMS, DOL, OCR, FDA, CDC, NIAID, ATSDR, HHS or WHO or by the United States Government, of AMC, its enterprise, its facility, its services or its products.© 2023 American Medical Compliance, no copyright claimed in Government Sourced Material.