helping you cut
through the "red tape" so that you can focus on your patients... not on paperwork

Services Offered

DSI provides Medicare Regulatory Support and Documentation Training for Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapy in Long Term Care (Part A and Part B), Home Health care, Outpatient, Inpatient Rehab and Acute Care Settings.

Regulatory Support

• Compliance Audits
• Clinician-Specific and/or Group Feedback of Review Findings 
• ICD-9 and CPT Coding Guidance
• Comprehensive Denials and Appeals Management
• CERT, PROBE, and RAC Audit Support and Guidance
• Medicare and Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Regulatory Updates and Interpretation
• Documentation Form Review, Development, and Revision to Improve Capture of Medicare Documentation Requirements.
• Development and Support of Patient Advocacy Through Interpretation of Medicare and MAC Coverage Guidelines

Training

• Documentation Training
• Based on actual Medicare regulation and Medicare Administrative Contractor’s (MACs) Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs)
• Addresses all documentation components with strong emphasis on capturing medical necessity and skilled intervention
• General Training
• Provision of IPTA and IOTA-approved documentation workshops for 2.0, 4.0, and 6.0 CEUs.
• Company Specific Training
• Review of employee’s documentation to tailor workshops specifically to the strengths and weaknesses of clinical documentation within the organization
• New Hire Orientation Related to Medicare and Company Standards
• Wound Care-Focused Regulatory and Documentation Training

Support for Specific Documentation Issues

• Identification of Nursing/Therapy Documentation Discrepancies
• Assistance in capturing medical necessity for patients with behavioral issues.
• Assistance in identifying appropriate goals and capturing progress for high level and low level patients
• Facilitation of improved documentation for all clinicians of all skill levels
• Provision of Monthly “Documentation Bits” discussing specific documentation components or regulatory updates.
• Focus on Specific Company Documentation Concerns