Payment for Outpatient Therapy Services, Diabetes Self-Management Training, and Medical Nutrition Therapy When Furnished by Institutional Staff to Beneficiaries in Their Homes Through Communication Technology For information related to outpatient physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, diabetes self-management training (DSMT) and medical nutritional therapy (MNT) services furnished by institutional staff in hospitals and other institutional settings to beneficiaries in their homes through communication technology, please refer to section X.A
CMS believes that using these unit data to calculate an estimation percentage is consistent with the use of these same data to calculate the AnMP in proposed 428.202(b) and the benchmark period manufacturer price in proposed 428.202(d)
We also anticipate that the proposed policy would provide us with insight into changes in standards of practice and post-operative patient care for services that are not billed with transfer of care modifiers pursuant to our current policy (that is, services other than certain ophthalmology procedures)
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