Mark R. Schmeler, PhD, OTR/L, ATP
Instructor and Director of the Continuing Education Program,
Department of Rehabilitation Science & Technology at the University of Pittsburgh.

Georgie Blackburn, ATS *
Vice President, Government Relations and Legislative Affairs.
Blackburn’s
Tarentum, PA

Note: Faculty for this activity have been required to disclose all relationships with any proprietary entity producing health care goods or services, with the exemption of nonprofit or government organizations and non-healthcare related companies.

* The following information was disclosed:
Georgie Blackburn serves as the vice president of government relations and legislative affairs for Blackburn’s, a multi-faceted home medical equipment, supply and pharmaceutical regional provider, headquartered in Tarentum, Pennsylvania. She has been associated with the homecare industry since 1978 and during this time has developed Blackburn’s Rehabilitation Equipment Division and served as its DME/Rehab division manager and a RESNA credentialed ATS. She served as Blackburn’s compliance director from 1999 through July, 2007 and has been the rehab team leader for the Jurisdiction A Medicare Advisory Council since 2004.

Description

Changes in Medicare policy for power and manual mobility, seating and positioning, and repair services have catapulted providers into a state of confusion and at times, into financial loss. Participate in this presentation to better understand mobility, seating, and service policies and ways to maintain compliance while providing optimum qualifying products to beneficiaries.

In the challenging healthcare environment before us, this program is imperative for all providers who continue to provide mobility, positioning, and repair services as well as for clinicians who evaluate and qualify patients for medically necessary durable medical equipment.

Learning Objectives

Upon attending this seminar, participants will be able to:

Explain the methods to analyze coverage policies for Mobility Assistive Equipment including powered mobility devices, manual wheelchairs, seating and positioning devices, and repairs to such devices.
Describe the coverage policies as they relate to the elements of clinical documentation requirements for Mobility Assistive Equipment interventions.
You are able to discuss the criteria for supplier compliance with Mobility Assistive Equipment coverage policies

CEU Registration and Program Cost

0.4 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will be awarded to individuals for attending 4 hours of instruction.

Cost: $129

*Instructions for processing payment to receive CEUs

To begin click on this link

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After creating the profile, click on:

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You will receive a payment confirmation via e-mail. Please note you will only be able to access the post test and evaluation to receive CEU's if you have paid for the course.

After viewing the program:

Instructions for completing the online course evaluation.

To complete the online post test and evaluation, go to the RST CE homepage at: http://www.rstce.pitt.edu
Select the button that says post tests and evaluations.
Log into the RST CE database and select post test and evaluations. (using the email address and password that you created prior to the viewing).
Select and complete the course post test and evaluation.
Click Submit

You will receive your CEU Certificate via emailed pdf.

The University of Pittsburgh, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences awards Continuing Education Units to individuals who enroll in certain educational activities. The CEU is designated to give recognition to individuals who continue their education in order to keep up-to-date in their profession. (One CEU is equivalent to 10 hours of participation in an organized continuing education activity). Each person should claim only those hours of credit that he or she actually spent in the educational activity.

The University of Pittsburgh is certifying the educational contact hours of this program and by doing so is in no way endorsing any specific content, company, or product. The information presented in this program may represent only a sample of appropriate interventions. ). Each person should claim only those hours of credit that he or she actually spent in the educational activity.

System requirements and testing your computer

Before viewing a Web seminar, it is recommended that you test your computer and browser compatibility.

You may do so by going to system requirements and run a test presentation at: http://www.rstce.pitt.edu/RSTCE_Help.html

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