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Writing Letters of Medical Necessity for Seating and Wheelchairs

Course: #9550Level: Intermediate 2 Hours 934 Reviews
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This course covers the details of what to include in a letter of medical necessity. Examples are given along the way to support different types of chairs and seating and different scenarios for when insurance companies ask for information.

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CEUs/Hours Offered: AOTA/0.2 Intermediate, Professional Issues, 05265; CE Broker/2.0 General (FL), Patient Related (AL), General Continuing Education (GA), Professional/Health Care Related (SC), Related To OT (AZ), Related To OT (LA), Directly Related To OT (MS), Directly Related To OT (TN), CE Broker #20-940550; IACET/0.2; NBCOT PDUs/2.5 Intermediate, Rehabilitation; RESNA/0.2 Intermediate

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Learning Outcomes

  • checkmarkAfter this course, participants will be able to incorporate three items from the client evaluation into the letter of medical justification.
  • checkmarkAfter this course, participants will be able to compare and contrast two different writing styles that can be used when writing a letter of medical justification.
  • checkmarkAfter this course, participants will be able to list three sources to gather information when writing a letter of medical justification.

Course created on September 7, 2022

Agenda

0-15 Minutes Background, review of learning outcomes
15-30 Minutes Roles and Responsibilities- where to gather good information
30-45 Minutes Gathering Information for a letter
45-60 Minutes Sections of letters of medical necessity
60-70 Minutes Writing Styles
70-85 Minutes Replying to Missing Information Letters
85-95 Minutes Replying to a Denial
95-115 Minutes Keeping the client informed
115-120 Minutes Summary, Q&A

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Presenter Disclosure: Financial: Lindsey Veety received an honorarium for presenting this course. Non-financial: Lindsey Veety has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.

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Content Disclosure: This learning event does not focus exclusively on any specific product or service.

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