• Certification and Ongoing Responsibilities
  • Introduction
  • Other Facilities
  • Responsibilities
  • Supervision Requirements
    • Introduction
    • Declaration of Supervision
    • Supervision Waiver
  • Durable Medical Equipment and Disposable Medical Supplies
• Provider Communication
  • Introduction
  • Coordination with School-Based Services Providers
  • Coordination with County Birth to 3 Programs
  • Therapy Services for Children Brochure
  • Guide to Obtaining Augmentative Communication Devices and Accessories
  • Directory of Used Medical Equipment
• Documentation Requirements
  • Introduction
  • Prescriptions
  • Evaluations
  • Plan of Care
  • Daily Entries
• Services and Requirements
  • Introduction
  • Initial Spell of Illness
  • Daily Limitations
  • Duplicate Services
  • Evaluations
  • Group Therapy
  • Natural Environments
  • Durable Medical Equipment and Disposable Medical Supplies
  • HealthCheck "Other Services"
  • Services Not Separately Reimbursable
  • Reimbursement Not Available
• Codes
  • Procedure Codes
    • Introduction
    • Unit of Service
  • Modifiers
  • Place of Service Codes
  • Diagnosis Codes
• Prior Authorization
  • Introduction
  • Prior Authorization Forms and Attachments
  • Medical Necessity
    • Introduction
    • Relationship of Medical Necessity to Clinical Practice Principles
  • Flexibility of Approved Services
    • Introduction
    • Plan of Care Must Reflect Flexibility of Approved Services
    • Duration of Approved Services
    • Coordinating Multiple Prior Authorization Requests
• Requesting Extension of Therapy, Maintenance Therapy, and Services That Always Require Prior Authorization
  • Introduction
  • Approval Criteria
  • Extension of Therapy
  • Maintenance Therapy
    • Introduction
    • Direct Maintenance
    • Monitoring Maintenance
    • Discontinuing Maintenance
  • Services That Always Require Prior Authorization
    • Introduction
    • Cotreatment
    • Dual Treatment
    • Unlisted Procedure Codes
    • Decubitus Ulcers
• Requesting Spell of Illness
  • Introduction
  • Maximum Allowable Treatment Days
    • Introduction
    • Unused Treatment Days
• Extension of Therapy vs. Spell of Illness
• Requesting Services for Birth to 3 Participants
  • Introduction
  • Situations That Do Not Qualify for Birth to 3
• Requesting Amendments
  • Introduction
  • Approval Criteria
  • Reasons for Denial
• Claims
  • Introduction
  • 837 Health Care Claim: Professional
  • CMS 1500
  • Provider Numbers
    • Individual Providers
    • Groups, Clinics, and Nursing Homes
    • Rehabilitation Agencies
    • Hospitals
  • Referring Provider
  • Evaluations
  • Services Provided Beyond Daily Limits
  • Unlisted Procedure Codes
  • Multiple Services During One Session
  • Submitting Claims for Birth to 3 Services
• Reimbursement
  • Maximum Allowable Fees
  • Reimbursement Methods
    • Introduction
    • Natural Environment Enhanced Reimbursement
  • Copayment
    • Introduction
    • Annual Copayment Maximum
• Appendix
• PDF

Requesting Extension of Therapy, Maintenance Therapy, and Services That Always Require Prior Authorization

Maintenance Therapy

Monitoring Maintenance

Monitoring maintenance therapy services is most often approved when the professional skills of a PT, OT, or SLP provider are needed to monitor or modify an HEP/PMP that is carried out by the recipient’s caregivers.

In these situations, it is expected that the recipient’s medical condition or functional abilities change often enough to warrant re-evaluation and modification of the HEP/PMP. The frequency requested for maintenance therapy services should be based on the predictability of change in the recipient’s status or condition. Subsequently, an assessment to modify an HEP/PMP needs to be justified in a PA request by a change in the recipient’s medical condition, living situation, adaptive equipment needs, functional abilities, and/or caregiver status.

Approved maintenance therapy services may also involve the process of teaching a routine HEP/PMP to a caregiver to assure follow-through and understanding of the HEP/PMP techniques. The requested frequency should reflect the need for intervention and teaching from a PT, OT, or SLP provider.

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