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The 8-Minute Medicare Rule was created to regulate how rehab therapists decide how many units they should bill to Medicare. This is for the outpatient therapy services they offer on the dates specified. To be reimbursed for one unit of a time-based treatment code, a therapist must provide direct one-on-one time therapy for at least 8 minutes. Variable billing in 15-minute increments is possible with time-based codes. One-on-one services such as ultrasonography, manual therapy, therapeutic activities, electrical stimulation, neuromuscular re-education, therapeutic exercise, and gait training wo
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The 8 Minute Medicare Rule was created to regulate how rehab therapists decide how many units they should bill to Medicare. This is for the outpatient therapy services they offer on the dates specified.
To be reimbursed for one unit of a time- based treatment code, a therapist must provide direct one-on-one time therapy for at least 8 minutes. variable billing in 15-minute increments is possible with time-based codes. One-on-one services such as ultrasonography,
manual therapy, therapeutic activities, electrical stimulation, neuromuscular re- education, therapeutic exercise, and gait training would be coded using time codes.
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