As we pierce thru the maze of methods to try and get an extra 1.5% from CMS for voluntary reporting, we find a major glitch.  It is only available if you submit your claims on a HCFA 1500 or its electronic version 837.  Which essentially makes it only available for PT’s in private practice including those working in POPTS.

Makes great sense doesn’t it?  Don’t forget though that this is from the same cast of characters that have made hospital’s exempt from a cap, an exceptions policy that can be gamed quite easily by folks who were responsible for this absurdity to begin with (SNF’s), and a whole new way of defining “group therapy” and 8 minutes.

Larry