Building a Case for Approval of Complex Rehab Technology

COURSE DESCRIPTION:  This course will review important elements of the evaluation and justification process to give rehabilitation professionals and providers the tools necessary for obtaining approval for prescribed equipment. Current funding trends, federal regulations, alternative funding sources, and the importance of client as self-advocate throughout the process will also be discussed. Attendees will leave this course with immediately applicable strategies for building the best case for approval when it comes to their client?s functional mobility needs.

Learning Objectives:  By the end of the presentation, participants will be able to:

• Identify three team members involved in the justification of recommended complex rehab technologies.
• Compare roles of three team member in the justification process for complex rehab technology.
• Explain three current funding trends as outlined in Medicare LCDs.
• Describe three resources and/or tools to strengthen documentation submitted to funding sources.
• Identify two possible alternative funding sources for CRT if denied by primary and/or secondary funding source.
• Discuss how to use two industry resources to assist in advocacy efforts for adequate CRT funding.

*Full list of references available upon request.

Education Level = Beginner, Credit = 0.2 CEU/CCU

AOTA Classification Code(s): Category 3: Professional Issues, Category 2: Occupational Therapy Process; CEU(s)/Contact Hour(s):  0.2 AOTA CEUs/2 Contact Hours

Instructional Method:   Recorded on-line asynchronous lecture with supporting video demonstration

ProCert has awarded certification in the amount of 2 Continuing Competence Units (CCUs) to this activity. CCUs are a unit of relative value of an activity based on its evaluation against a rigorous and comprehensive set of standards representing the quality of an activity. The CCU determination is a valuation applying many factors including, but not limited to, duration of the activity. No conclusion should be drawn that CCUs correlate to time (e.g. hours).

 Permobil Academy has been reviewed and approved as an AOTA Approved Provider by The American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc., 4720 Montgomery Lane, Bethesda, MD  20814.  Permobil Academy has awarded .2 AOTA CEU to participants who successfully complete this program.  The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products or clinical procedures by the AOTA. Permobil Academy is a division of Permobil, 100 North Florida Ave., Belleville, IL  62221