Defend Your LMN: Supporting Your Documentation for Complex Rehab Technology

This 90 minute course will highlight the patient presentation and justifications that are necessary to support documentation for complex rehabilitation technology (CRT). When documenting for CRT, it is necessary to understand the components of the clinical evaluation as they relate to equipment, using those findings to translate into seating and mobility goals as well as the language needed to justify specific equipment. Documentation can be a formal Letter of Medical Necessity (LMN) or simply and added section to your existing documentation but specific elements will be required regardless of the format. This course will review key criteria to include when justifying the need for ultralight weight manual wheelchairs, power assist devices, power wheelchairs with power seat functions as well as several seating and positioning components. Examples will be provided so that the learner becomes an insurance reviewer, given the opportunity to determine if the documentation provided would be appropriate to support the approval of the recommended equipment. By the end of the course, clinicians will have a better understanding of how to write an effective LMN, critically appraise their documentation, understand components of writing an appeal, as well resources to help support their documentation.