Rick Gawenda is a licensed physical therapist with over 31 years of experience. Mr. Gawenda is the Founder and President of Gawenda Seminars & Consulting (GSC). GSC focuses on providing webinars, seminars, consulting, and a website membership subscription service focusing on CPT coding, ICD-10 coding, billing, documentation, compliance, revenue enhancement, practice management, and denial management as they relate to outpatient therapy services. Mr. Gawenda can be reached at info@gawendaseminars.com.
By Rick Gawenda, PT Founder & President, Gawenda Seminars and Consulting Since 2019, physical therapists (PTs), occupational therapists (OTs), and speech-language pathologists (SLPs) have been eligible clinicians for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). For the 2022 MIPS Performance year, approximately 3.5% of PTs, 1.7% of OTs, and 0.34% of SLPs were required to participate….
2024 Coverage Updates for Telehealth and Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) in Rehab Therapy By Rick Gawenda, PTFounder & President, Gawenda Seminars & Consulting Prior to COVID-19, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) did not reimburse for outpatient therapy services delivered via telehealth by a physical therapist (PT), physical therapist assistant (PTA), occupational therapist…
by Rick Gawenda, PTPresident, Gawenda Seminars & Consulting On Dec. 22, 2023, and Dec. 23, 2023, the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives, respectively, passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023. This legislation was then signed into law by President Biden. This legislation contained several items that will impact outpatient physical, occupational…