This webinar will address the ins and outs for those private practitioners who are looking for alternatives to traditional reimbursement from insurance companies and want to have a practice model that is outside the box.
After attending this session, participants will be able to:
· Understand the implications of not being able to opt out of Medicare.
· Be able to explore alternate forms of funding for their practice model.
· Understand the implications of Stark Laws, mini-Stark laws, and the Anti-Kickback Statute for their practice.
· Understand when and how to appropriately use Medicare’s Advanced Beneficiary Notice.
Speakers
Mary Walsh-Sterup, OTR/L, CHT, AOTA Alternate Representative to the AMA RUC, Central Nebraska Rehabilitation Services, Grand Island, NE; Monica Wright, MHA, CPC, CPMA, CPCO, Manager, Coding and Payment Policy, American Occupational Therapy Association, North Bethesda, MD; Julie Lenhardt, Manager, Reimbursement and Regulatory Policy, American Occupational Therapy Association, North Bethesda, MD; Katie Jordan, OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy, Associate Chair of Clinical Occupational Therapy, Director of Occupational and Speech Therapy, Hospital Practice, Los Angeles, CA