Documentation and Billing Practices to Maximize Reimbursement for IM and IM Home    

APPROPRIATE DISCIPLINES:

  • Audiologist
  • Speech and Language Pathologist
  • Speech and Language Pathology Asst
  • Occupational Therapist
  • Occupational Therapy Assistant
  • Physical Therapist
  • Physical Therapy Asst
  • Athletic Trainer
  • Educator
  • Psychologist
  • Psychiatrist
  • Neurologist
  • Chiropractic Care Professional
  • Licensed Medical, Rehabilitation or Mental Health Professional
  • Music Therapist
  • Other (Please Specify)
   
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Course Description

You are providing a valuable service to your clients and the communities you serve, and they are improving by leaps and bounds with Interactive Metronome (IM) and IM Home. Successful reimbursement for these services contributes to the overall success of your practice. Dillen Hartley, OTR/L will draw upon 19 years of experience with the use of IM and IM Home with children and adults in outpatient private practice to guide you through the complex and, at times, frustrating world of billing and insurance reimbursement. This comprehensive course will cover all of the fundamentals specific to billing for IM and IM Home services including documentation, coding, claim submission, private invoicing, telehealth, and managing denials. Dillen will answer your specific questions in the last 30 minutes of the course, so come prepared to pick his brain!

Contact hours/ASHA CEUs are offered pending successful completion of a written exam at the end of the course. This course is NOT offered for AOTA or PT CEUs.

 
Course Objectives:

Target Audience:
This webinar welcomes the following professionals who have completed the Interactive Metronome Certification Course.

  • Audiologist
  • Speech and Language Pathologist
  • Speech and Language Pathology Asst
  • Occupational Therapist
  • Occupational Therapy Assistant
  • Physical Therapist
  • Physical Therapy Asst
  • Athletic Trainer
  • Educator
  • Psychologist
  • Psychiatrist
  • Neurologist
  • Chiropractic Care Professional
  • Licensed Medical, Rehabilitation or Mental Health Professional
  • Music Therapist
  • Other (Please Specify)

Instructional Level:
Intermediate

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Provide an overview of the process for billing insurance and private pay clients for in-person Interactive Metronome (IM) services and virtual telehealth services with IM Home;
  • Identify the correct diagnosis and treatment billing codes for in-person IM and virtual telehealth IM Home services;
  • Select the correct modifiers when billing for in-person IM and virtual telehealth IM Home services;
  • Describe discipline-specific documentation requirements for successful reimbursement;
  • List several tools and techniques available for submitting claims;
  • Explain the process for appealing a denial and writing a letter of medical necessity;
  • Describe what a billing report is and explain how to create one.
    *Note: This course covers information that pertains to licensed therapists and therapy assistants. OTA and PTA professionals must practice IM under the supervision of a licensed OT or PT.

Learning Outcomes for Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists:

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Provide an overview of the process for billing insurance and private pay clients for in-person Interactive Metronome (IM) services and virtual telehealth services with IM Home for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology services;
  • Identify the correct diagnosis and treatment billing codes for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology services that include in-person IM and virtual telehealth IM Home;
  • Select the correct modifiers when billing for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology services that include in-person IM and virtual telehealth IM Home;
  • Describe discipline-specific documentation requirements for successful reimbursement for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology services that include in-person IM and virtual telehealth IM Home;
  • List several tools and techniques available for submitting claims;
  • Explain the process for appealing a denial and writing a letter of medical necessity;
  • Describe what a billing report is and explain how to create one.
    *Note: This course covers information that pertains to licensed therapists and therapy assistants. SLPA professionals must practice IM under the supervision of a licensed SLP.

 
Course Agenda
 
Disclosure

The Interactive Metronome, Inc. has developed and patented a licensed technology trademarked as the Interactive Metronome®. (U.S. Patents #4,919,030; #5,529,498; #5,743,744; #6,719,690; other U.S. and foreign patents pending) Interactive Metronome, Inc. is the sole source of the following products: Interactive Metronome® , Gait Mate® and IM Home®. Because there are no other like-kind products available, course offerings will only cover information that pertains to the effective and safe use of the above-named products.

CEU's
Course Meets Requirements for:
  • 2.00 Contact Hours SLP(ASHA) = 0.20 CEUs
 
Interactive Metronome is approved by the Continuing Education Board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)to provide continuing education activities in speech-language pathology and audiology. This program is offered for 0.20 CEUs (Intermediate Level; Professional area). ASHA CE Provider approval does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products or clinical procedures.
    Effective July 1, 2011, individuals must meet at least one of the following conditions in order to be eligible to earn ASHA CEUs.
  • ASHA Member (includes Life member and International affiliates)
  • ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) Holder
  • Licensed by a state or provincial regulatory agency to practice speech-language pathology (SLP) or audiology
  • Credentialed by a state regulatory agency to practice SLP or audiology
  • Credentialed by a national regulatory agency to practice SLP or audiology
  • Currently enrolled in a masters or doctoral program in SLP or audiology
 
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Cancellation: IM reserves the right to determine the appropriate recourse for any CE activity for unforeseeable circumstances. Participants may only transfer to a webinar at a later date, no refunds are permitted.