• 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

Direct Maintenance

Wisconsin Medicaid evaluates a PA request for direct maintenance therapy services when one or more of the following conditions are met:

• Nursing personnel cannot handle the recipient safely and effectively due to the severity or complexity of the recipient’s condition.
• Professional knowledge and judgment of a PT, OT, or SLP provider are required to establish and monitor the therapy maintenance program, including the following:
• Designing the program as well as monitoring the recipient’s functional abilities.
• Performing the initial evaluation.
• Performing any necessary re-evaluations.
• Providing instruction for nursing personnel, family, caregiver, or recipient.
• The POC and the recipient’s condition require continual adjustment of therapeutic input and/or constant use of therapeutic principles.

Direct maintenance therapy services provided one time per week or less in isolation from an established HEP/PMP are generally not considered effective maintenance of the recipient’s functional abilities. For maintenance therapy services to be effective, the recipient should also be involved in a routine HEP/PMP.

Routine HEP/PMPs can be performed with the assistance of a caregiver or by the recipient. Routine HEP/PMPs can influence the recipient’s functional abilities on a consistent basis and are considered more effective than PT, OT, or SLP sessions provided one time per week or less.

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