Comments on: Can a subcontractor physical therapist complete the OASIS or recertification? http://blogs.beaconhealth.org/oasis-c/2010/02/can-a-subcontractor-physical-therapist-complete-the-oasis-or-recertification/ Making OASIS-C implementation easy with current updates, guidance and support from home health experts. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:34:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Peggie R Webb http://blogs.beaconhealth.org/oasis-c/2010/02/can-a-subcontractor-physical-therapist-complete-the-oasis-or-recertification/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Peggie R Webb Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:00:51 +0000 http://blogs.beaconhealth.org/oasis-c/?p=1504#comment-167 A point of clarification. If a physical therapist, or any other therapist for that matter, contracts with a home health agency to furnish a therapeutic service that individual is a contractor not a sub contractor. A subcontractor would be a therapist who is available via a contract with another organization. The contract for therapy services woudl be between the home health agency and the contracting entity not the physical therapist. This has implications for review of the contracting organization's financial records by CMS or other authorized representative to examine the nature and extenct of costs incurred by the home health agency under the agreement. A point of clarification. If a physical therapist, or any other therapist for that matter, contracts with a home health agency to furnish a therapeutic service that individual is a contractor not a sub contractor. A subcontractor would be a therapist who is available via a contract with another organization. The contract for therapy services woudl be between the home health agency and the contracting entity not the physical therapist. This has implications for review of the contracting organization’s financial records by CMS or other authorized representative to examine the nature and extenct of costs incurred by the home health agency under the agreement.

]]> By: Lu http://blogs.beaconhealth.org/oasis-c/2010/02/can-a-subcontractor-physical-therapist-complete-the-oasis-or-recertification/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Lu Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:28:51 +0000 http://blogs.beaconhealth.org/oasis-c/?p=1504#comment-166 Hi LuAnn, I apologize for my statement not being completely clear. The agency as a whole has to offer at least one qualifying discipline directly by the agency (not under arrangement). It is not on a patient-by-patient basis. This means that an agency cannot offer all of its services under arrangement. I hope this clarifies your question. Thanks for reading and for your comment! Lu Hi LuAnn,

I apologize for my statement not being completely clear. The agency as a whole has to offer at least one qualifying discipline directly by the agency (not under arrangement). It is not on a patient-by-patient basis. This means that an agency cannot offer all of its services under arrangement. I hope this clarifies your question.

Thanks for reading and for your comment!
Lu

]]> By: LuAnn http://blogs.beaconhealth.org/oasis-c/2010/02/can-a-subcontractor-physical-therapist-complete-the-oasis-or-recertification/comment-page-1/#comment-165 LuAnn Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:17:00 +0000 http://blogs.beaconhealth.org/oasis-c/?p=1504#comment-165 We read the first statement you made! If the agency has only contract physical therapy, can patients be admitted for therapy only? It seems confusing as we have therapy only cases, no nursing, and yet we do the admitt and oasis. You make it sound like there must be another qualifying service with our employee. Can you clarify???? We read the first statement you made! If the agency has only contract physical therapy, can patients be admitted for therapy only? It seems confusing as we have therapy only cases, no nursing, and yet we do the admitt and oasis. You make it sound like there must be another qualifying service with our employee. Can you clarify????

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