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Standard Visit-Out of Area
If Marika or Elisha assigns a patient and approved this patient as an Out of Area patient with a different circumstances of payment, please make appointment type as Standard Visit-Out of Area in the drop down when making an appointment. This is the only way to identify this patient as an exception to payroll to differentiate from your normal rate. Thank you for taking a peek and making these appointment type changes!
Elisha Becker
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Keep Therapy Fun and Cheap!
When you are working out in the field or even in a clinic setting. You should be finding ways to make therapy more exciting and fun for...
Elisha Becker
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Vital Sign Guidelines for Therapy
Parameters for therapy
Connie Bonis-Smith, OTR/L
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Occupational Therapy's Role in Functional Mobility
Tools, goals and treatment ideas for functional mobility impairments.
Connie Bonis-Smith, OTR/L
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Re-Evaluations
When to use the Re-Evaluation Code.
lifecaretherapy
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Discharge Planning
Effective discharge planning begins at the evaluation. It is important to recognize that preparation for discharge requires the effort of...
lifecaretherapy
1 min read


Home Health (Part A) & LifeCare (Part B). Instructions: Do not mix.
LifeCare is a Part B outpatient in-home therapy company. We bill under Part B of the patient's Medicare benefits. We can not be in a...
Elisha Becker
1 min read


Incident Reports
A quick overview of LifeCare's policy on how to manage incidents. What is an Incident? We think of incidents as something out of the...
Elisha Becker
1 min read


HUCU Tips & Tricks
Quick Tips Turn on notifications so that when someone sends you a direct message, you are notified. You can customize your notifications...
lifecaretherapy
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Can a caregiver leave during treatment?
LifeCare Therapists It is tricky when a caregiver, loved one, family member etc. wants to leave the home and take a break while you are...
Elisha Becker
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We need you...so we are bringing it back!
We need your skilled services for the patients ng on the hold list... so we are EXCITED to run a NEW Promotion....drum roll please.........
Elisha Becker
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Aquatic Therapy
A quick review of the requirements for aquatic therapy. While details are below, here are the steps to follow: Patient must meet...
lifecaretherapy
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How often should I call?
So you get a referral.. you are calling within 24 hrs.. but no one answers. You have left a message and no call back.. LifeCare prides...
Elisha Becker
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Co-Treats: How to Schedule & Get Paid :-)
LifeCare encourages therapists to schedule co-treatments between assistant and supervisory when appropriate: Need pre approval - task...
lifecaretherapy
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Discharging a Patient in Insight EMR
When you DC a patient you do it in two different sections in the Insight EMR- Discharge Steps Schedule/Arrive the Patient Load Chart...
Elisha Becker
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Alternate Evaluation Templates
Overview Each therapy discipline has a "default" chart template which a general overview of a patient's functional mobility (PT) and...
lifecaretherapy
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Maintenance Therapy
What is Maintenance Therapy? Maintenance therapy is a covered benefit under Medicare's No Improvement Standard. By definition,...
lifecaretherapy
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How many units??
When you get your assignment via task.. we try to remember to tell you if your patient has a different insurance with different...
Elisha Becker
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Cancellations.. what do I do?
If your patients are cancelling your scheduled appointments it can be quite upsetting especially when they cancel at the door or do not...
Elisha Becker
2 min read


Fitness Plus
All you need to know for your Fitness Plus Patients.
Elisha Becker
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