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What It Means When You Accept (and Return) A Patient
*What It Means When You Accept (and Return) A Patient* This is a reminder to , all LifeCare Therapists that when you accept a patient...
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Checklist: Treatment Notes
Want to know if you got it all done? Here's a quick checklist! Key Points Expect to spend an average of 60-75 minutes (4-5 billable...
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CheckList: Progress Reports
Want to know if you got it all done? Here's a quick checklist! Key Points Medicare Regulations require a Progress/Supervisory Visit...
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How To Add & Update POC for Patients
LifeCare's EMR system uses colors to let therapists know when something is needed. Icons that share information are either Blue which...
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Check Task messages for assignments and billing
Step One, when you enter InsightGo at the top right you will see your messages. Click on the envelope to see your messages. It will look...
elishabecker
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Being an IC means we see YOU as a Business!
LifeCare has always hired Independent Contract therapists for several reasons. One, we feel that we are sharing in the referral and...
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Phone numbers and Contact Info
LifeCare Therapists- when you first meet a patient in the Intake Packet there is a Welcome Letter that has space to allow you to leave...
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Medicare Rules
Medicare compliance is not an easy task. There are, literally, hundreds of rules that we as therapists and LifeCare as a company need to...
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Checklist: Initial Evaluation
Want to know if you got it all done? Here's a quick checklist! Schedule: Schedule appointment with patient and add to your EMR calendar...
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Letter from our Clinical Director Feb 2022- POC frequency
Dear Therapy Team, As the Clinical Director, I routinely review and research scientific articles related to the provision of therapy...
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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...
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Don't miss tasks
The task feature in the EMR is where you will receive assignments and requests from our billing team etc. This is separate from our...
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Business Tax Receipts
As a company that is certified by Medicare, LifeCare is required to comply with all applicable federal, state and local regulations. One...
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New Update to Co-treat during Supervisory visits
Please Read New Blog update- Change to how we bill- Supervisors will be billing the treatment units along with their progress/supervisory...
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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...
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Changes are happening and we need your help!
If you are working in Outpatient Therapy you must stay informed! CMS 's proposed changes to its physician fee schedule for 2022 is going...
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Who is responsible for follow up?
A frequently asked question by therapists is, who is responsible when a patient is on hold for follow up? The rule of thumb is PTA's and...
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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...
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Who do I contact?
LifeCare wants to make sure we are sharing who the team is that is here to support you in all your needs and patient care. We work hard...
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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...
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