2027 Medicare and Practice-Related Updates for Hand and Upper Extremity Specialists

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Presented by: Angela M. Stephens, DHS, OTR/L, CHT

Webinar Description: This webinar will provide information to affect the delivery of hand and upper extremity rehabilitation for billing and reimbursement. Adequate question and answer time will be available to address Medicare practice management concerns. Issues that will be covered during the webinar include:

  • Updates to the 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
  • Conversion factor adjustment
  • Requirements for KX modifier, updates to the KX threshold
  • Practice Expense and Technical Policy Updates
  • Coding Proposal Updates
  • Caregiver Training Services
  • Efficiency Adjustments
  • Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) service updates
  • MIPS/MVPs updates
  • Telehealth service list and delivery updates
  • Requests for Information (RFI) and Upstream drivers of health and impact on the delivery of hand and upper extremity interventions
  • Discussion of issues pertinent to the delivery of hand and upper extremity interventions

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, participants will:

  1. Describe the proposed 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and the effect on the delivery of hand andupper extremity rehabilitation.
  2. Recognize the conversion factor adjustment and how a change impacts OT/PT reimbursement with Medicare patients.
  3. Recognize how Medicare technical policy changes can be impactful at the reimbursement level for hand and upper extremity rehabilitation.
  4. Describe how the KX and other policy issues will have an effect on the delivery of hand and upper extremity rehabilitation in 2027 for Medicare recipients.
  5. Recognize how Medicare proposed coding changes can provide either challenges or opportunities to the delivery of hand and upper extremity rehabilitation.

CE Credit:  1.0 continuing education hours, or 0.10 CEUs

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