Peak RehabCare, LLC
Peak RehabCare, LLC
TOGETHER MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Peak RehabCare is a therapist-managed rehab contract company providing Comprehensive Occupational, Physical and Speech Therapy Services. We serve Healthcare facilities in Western Kentucky including Hospitals, LTC and Home Health Agencies.
Our Therapists
Our therapists are some of the best in the market! They are highly trained in their areas and are provided incentives to continuously further their knowledge. We treat Our therapists as our greatest Asset!. We hire Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, Speech Therapists, Occupational Therapy assistants and Physical Therapy assistants
Our Employees are either Fulltime, Part-Time PRN or Contract. Contact us for employment opportunities
PDPM Changes on The Horizon
In an effort to improve the Patient Driven Payment model (PDPM) , CMS, According to John Kane, a CMS team leader who handles payments and policy Federal regulators are weighing changes to the 3 yea old PDPM system to account for missed opprotunities and potentially inappropriate coding choices.
Kane also thinks that NTA will be in focus. He envision changes that looks at specific , diagnoses related tweaks that could affect coding and reimbursement. Read more
Some Good News
In 2022, CMS is increasing some RVUs for among others OT evaluation codes 97165-97167
Occupational Therapists have been permitted to open Home Health cases on a temporally basis since April 2020 when CMS issued an emergency rule to reduce regulatory burden by Home Health providers during the Covid-19 pandemic. This rule however was to expire when the Public Health Emergency ended. A new rule was passed allowing Occupational Therapists to open Medicare Home Health Therapy cases on a permanent basis effective January 1st 2022
SNF PPS: The Patient Driven Payment Model https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/SNFPPS/Downloads/MLN_CalL_PDPM_Presentation_508.pdf
Kentucky Covid-19 updates
Find daily updates including county by county numbers, demographics and drive through testing sites. Please note a county being on "Green" doesn't mean "No Masks". Check with your individual facility https://govstatus.egov.com/kycovid19