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Prescription dates for Therapy
For Medicare is the prescription for physical therapy good from the date on the script or from the first day the patient comes in. Example the script is dated 5-2-11 for 4 weeks but the patient does not come in until 5-9-11. Does the script expire 5-30-11 or 6-2-11?? Also does the date need to appear on the HCFA?
re: Prescription dates for Therapy
the script is for 3 treatments a week for four weeks; that 4 weeks begins at the time of the first visit. But if the patient comes to you 4 months after the date of the prescription, I would send the patient back to the doc to get a recent one since medical necessity is likely no longer present.