39- Telehealth Insurance Coverage with Rick Gawenda

Description

💭”I think if we can get congress to add PTs, OTs, SLPs as permanent telehealth providers is going to help us with other insurances that maybe are still hanging out there.” - Rick Gawenda

👉🏻 Our guest is Rick Gawenda, PT. He is a licensed physical therapist with 30 years of experience and currently serves as the founder and President of Gawenda Seminars & Consulting, Inc. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Therapy from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, in 1991. Mr. Gawenda is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) and Michigan Physical Therapy Association (MPTA). Mr. Gawenda is also the author of “The How-To Manual for Rehab Documentation: A Complete Guide to Increasing Reimbursement and Reducing Denials” and “Coding and Billing for Outpatient Rehab Made Easy: Proper Use of CPT Codes, ICD-9 Codes, and Modifiers”.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Rick's story and career

▪️ Telehealth insurance coverage during and after the pandemic

▪️ Telehealth insurance reimbursement

▪ Medicare telehealth coverage after the pandemic

▪️ Therapist and patient location when providing telehealth

▪️Advice to clinicians that are starting their careers

▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Rick's favorite resource of information:

1. Google: insurance provider page - monthly newsletter/bulletins/updates, automatic email notifications.

2. CMS.gov

Here is the pending legislation: