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Occupational Therapy Assistant

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The OT treatment plan expires after 30 days. What must your OT department do after 30 days if treatment is to continue with a patient?
  1. Call the physician and request new orders.
  2. Talk to the physician in person and request new orders.
  3. Complete a new evaluation and write a new treatment plan to send to the physician, who will certify it for another 30 days.
  4. Revise the existing treatment plan and send it to the physician, who will recertify it for another 30 days.
Explanation
Answer: D. Your OT department must revise the existing treatment plan and send it to the physician, who will recertify it for another 30 days. Under Medicare guidelines, OT treatment plans must be recertified by a physician every 30 days.
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