Payment Resources
PPS provides payment tools and resources to guide you through the complicated payment environment. The material on this page is updated monthly and is a free benefit of your membership with PPS.
Payer Contracts
PPS contracted with a healthcare attorney to develop a model contract check list for private practices contracting with third-party payers.
- Tool: Checklist of Key Issues for Managed Care Provider Agreements
- Webinar: How to Use PPS Model Contract Check List: Negotiation of Key Provisions in Payer Agreements (September 20, 2017)
- Impact Article: What’s In Your Payer Contract? (September 2017)
- Impact Article: It is time to listen up and notice! (June 2016)
Telehealth
- Webinar: Telehealth and Physical Therapy: Merging of Practice and Technology in the New Frontier
- Webinar: Expanding Your Practice’s Digital Footprint: Implementing a Telehealth Component Within Your Patient Care Model
- Webinar: Taking Treatment to the Digital Age: TeleRehab in 2017
- FAQ: Telehealth FAQ
- Resource: Telehealth Resource Center
- Resource: American Telemedicine Association
- Resource: Center for Connected Health Policy
CJR
- White Paper: CJR Model Collaborator Agreement Executive Summary
- Tool: CJR Model Collaborator Agreement
- Webinar: Physical Therapists as CJR Collaborators: Risks and Opportunities in the Mandatory Bundled Payment Program
- Webinar: Taking the Plunge: Target Pricing and Quality Measures in the CJR Bundles
- Webinar: The Impact of CMS’ Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement on Private Practice PTs
Annual Payment and Reimbursement Update
Live recording from the half-day 2017 PPS Annual Conference presentation. Review the current payment and reimbursement policies for major payers in the industry including Medicare, Medicaid, and major commercial payers, and learn to define physical therapy coding and billing requirements.
Payment Webinars, Tools, and Impact Articles By Topic
- Tool: Checklist of Key Issues for Managed Care Provider Agreements
- Webinar: How to Use PPS Model Contract Check List: Negotiation of Key Provisions in Payer Agreements (September 20, 2017)
- Impact Article: What’s In Your Payer Contract? (September 2017)
- Impact Article: It is time to listen up and notice! (June 2016)
- Impact Article: What Compliance Involves: HIPAA FAQ (Part 1 of 3) (January 2018)
- Impact Article: One-on-One: Does it Apply Only to Medicare? (July 2017)
- Impact Article: One-on-One Patient Contact and the Use of Support Personnel (November/December 2017)
- Impact Article: Measuring the Effectiveness of Your Compliance Program (September 2017)
- Impact Article: Customer Service and Compliance (June 2017)
- Impact Article: An Array of Regulations: The I-9 Form and Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (May 2017)
- Impact Article: HIPAA and Security Considerations When Choosing an EMR Vendor (April 2017)
- Impact Article: Responsible Compliance: Bringing new Energy to Compliance Programs Through Innovation (April 2017)
- Impact Article: Establishing a Compliance Program: The Steps You Need to Take to Ensure Your Business Is Compliant (April 2017)
- Impact Article: Laws and Regulations: Enhance Compliance and Avoid Pitfalls (April 2017)
- Impact Article: How Can My Practice Become Complaint? (March 2017)
- Impact Article: CSM Publishes Final Rule on Emergency Preparedness (February 2017)
- Webinar: Effective Coding and Billing Strategies in the 2018 Payment Environment
- Webinar: Quality and Compliance: What is Their Value and How do They Intersect
- Impact Article: One on One; Does it only apply to Medicare?
- Impact Article: Tricare Changes and 2018 Medicare Payment Updates
- Impact Article: Leadership Authority Through Corporate Governance Documents
- Impact Article: How to Retain Patients and Revenue Despite High-Deductible Health Plans (November/December 2017)
- Webinar: Effective Collections Techniques for the Non-Collector
- Webinar: Telehealth and Physical Therapy: Merging of Practice and Technology in the New Frontier
- Webinar: Expanding Your Practice’s Digital Footprint: Implementing a Telehealth Component Within Your Patient Care Model
- Webinar: Taking Treatment to the Digital Age: TeleRehab in 2017
- FAQ: Telehealth FAQ
- Resource: Telehealth Resource Center
- Resource: American Telemedicine Association
- Resource: Center for Connected Health Policy
- White Paper: CJR Model Collaborator Agreement Executive Summary
- Tool: CJR Model Collaborator Agreement
- Webinar: Physical Therapists as CJR Collaborators: Risks and Opportunities in the Mandatory Bundled Payment Program
- Webinar: Taking the Plunge: Target Pricing and Quality Measures in the CJR Bundles
- Webinar: The Impact of CMS’ Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement on Private Practice PTs
- White Paper: Marquette Project