To order one of the therapy services that bills Medicare Part B (Outreach, Fox, Direct at Home), please follow this protocol:
• Providers complete Referral to Physical Therapy (External/FPA MD, 9032)
• Complete referral and indicate which Rehab Agency it should be sent.
• By using referral to PT it will print out the RX for PT or OT or SP
• Add to telephone encounter on Reason for Call: Provider Order and on Comment section indicate “HOME REHAB REQUEST : FOX or Outreach etc…”
• Route to AA the telephone encounter and leave signed RX in TEAM AA’s box.
Note: Outreach takes: Healthfirst, Aetna, Humana, UHC. Empire BCBS but not HMO mediblue