Dear Shawne: First, thank-you for becoming involved in the debate. The value of your service to the VPTA, over your many years of service, is incalculable. I...
Brian D'Orazio
brian@...
Apr 1, 2007 8:50 pm
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Dear Brian - Thank you for your response. I offer the following for the ongoing debate and discussion. First, in regard to the perceived timeline of events...
Shawne Soper
ssoper@...
Apr 3, 2007 8:56 pm
140
****APTA LEGISLATIVE ACTION ALERT**** Ensuring that Qualified Physical Therapists Provide Medicare Physical Therapy Services Oppose HR 1846 Today! On Thursday,...
Dear fellow PTs and PTA's, Below is information regarding an upcoming continuing education course sponsored by the Mountain District of the VPTA. There are...
greg cornforth
gcornforth@...
Apr 24, 2007 1:44 pm
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The information below was sent from Trailblazer Health. Although some of this information was posted on this listserv in February, it is of note that...
The Northern District asked me to post the following information about an upcoming course they are sponsoring. It is not too late to register! Health...
Recently many therapy providers have experienced a high volume of denials on Medicare claims having the KX modifier. Please see below for information directly...
The following was sent by Trailblazer. Please reference this document for information relating to current policy. Thanks. Angela S. Brooks, PT VPTA Payer...
As you are all aware, the procedure to diagnosis crosswalk has been reinstated. This crosswalk represents the first edit for medical necessity on Medicare...
This is to remind all of you that Medicare will implement the PQRI program on July 1, 2007. The PQRI bonus of 1.5% is available to all PT's in private practice...
This information appeared in PT Bulletin Friday, June 22nd. In case you did not review the information, please take note. It is important to review your NPI...
Call for Abstracts VPTA 2007 Annual Conference The VPTA Research Committee is currently accepting abstracts for consideration for poster and platform...
Please review the following information. * CMS is delaying the launch of the NPI Registry and the dissemination of FOIA-disclosable health care provider data...
ACN Group, Inc currently provides physical therapy and chiropractic utililization management and claims processing for UnitedHealth Group. Recently I attended...
The following information was sent via the Trailblazer Listserv. Please review this information to assure that your practice setting is fully aware of all...
Trailblazer Health Enterprises, LLC hosts a number of educational activities via a variety of avenues included teleconference and web-based training. Those...
The following information was forwarded via the Trailblazer Listserv. NPI numbers, although intended to streamline and simplify, may cause problems if not...
Please be aware of the following as it relates to ACN Group, Inc. 1. The referral requirement for physical therapy services has been eliminated. This...
CMS Final Fee Schedule Rule issued November 1, 2007 will go into effect on January 1, 2008. I recommend visiting the APTA website to obtain a comprehensive...
CONGRESS PASSES THE MEDICARE, MEDICAID AND SCHIP EXTENSION ACT OF 2007 (S. 2499) Congress has approved legislation postponing the Medicare therapy cap and...
PRESIDENT SIGNS THE MEDICARE, MEDICAID AND SCHIP EXTENSION ACT OF 2007 (S. 2499) On Saturday, President Bush signed The Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension...
Medicare has released a draft LCD and your comments are needed. VA is again participating with several other states impacted by TrailblazerHealth, LLC to craft...
Many of you have been kind enough to attempt to access the draft LCD however have been unable to do so based on an error in my previous posting. Please see the...
The following was posted on the Trailblazer website: _________________________________________________ TrailBlazer Part B Virginia Workload to Transition to...
As many of you know, ACN Group, Inc manages a portion of the physical therapy claims review for products offered by United Health. In August 2007 the VPTA was...
NGS (National Government Services) functions as the FI for VA Medicare policies. They have recently released a draft LCD that will be utilized as a review tool...
Form Name Change ACN Group is changing the name of the "Notification Form" to "Patient Summary Form." The reason for this form name change is the term...
I have been informed that the LCD in effect for outpatient rehab providers of Medicare Part B recipients in VA will remain in the same format as 2007 without...
Dear friends and colleagues, You may have read in the Washington Post that I am a candidate in the June 10th primary for the 11th Congressional District of...
Lori Pratt Alexander
lalexan2@...
Mar 3, 2008 4:03 pm
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CMS just announced a new interactive resource that answers questions about becoming a Medicare provider, billing, appeals, etc. This resource is found at: ...
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