Occupational Therapy revenue cycle control for certified plans, timed units, and functional progress.
Occupational therapy revenue depends on connected handoffs across outpatient clinics, hospitals, rehabilitation programs, and home-based care. Authorization units must remain available. Plans of care need certification. Notes must support skilled interventions and timed minutes. Modifier accuracy, claim edits, denials, and A/R require equal control through payment.
7 of top 20
U.S. health systems served
32M+
Coding charts processed annually
28M+
A/R claims managed annually
Therapy reimbursement breaks when authorization, functional evidence, and timed units lose alignment.
Occupational therapy combines clinical progress with exact billing rules. Each visit draws from payer limits and authorized units. Evaluations establish functional deficits and measurable goals. Treatment notes must support skilled minutes. Specialists connect access, certification, documentation, coding, and claims. RevAmp and governance expose expiring approvals, missing signatures, and unit conflicts before payment fails.
Keep authorized visits and units available through the episode
Make certified plans and progress notes support skilled care
Convert documented minutes into accurate timed-code units
Revenue cycle support organized around plans of care, visits, and functional outcomes.
Occupational therapy requires controls that follow each episode from evaluation through discharge. Referrals and benefits shape access. Plans of care define frequency and duration. Progress reports support continued medical necessity. Timed codes depend on documented minutes. GO, CO, and KX modifiers carry specific claim meaning. We organize support around these therapy dependencies.
Front-office
Referral, visit-limit, and authorization tracking - fewer uncovered therapy visits.
Mid-office
Plans of care, progress reports, and timed minutes - defensible skilled-service billing.
Back-office
GO, CO, and KX validation - fewer modifier and medical-necessity denials.
Certified plans. Accurate timed units. Defensible progress and modifier evidence.
Preserve authorized visits before payer limits interrupt care
Eligibility and authorization tracking compares approved units, service dates, and scheduled visits. Exceptions reach therapy owners early, preventing uncovered treatment and avoidable patient balances.
Keep plans of care certified throughout the episode
Certification controls track signatures, frequency, duration, and recertification dates. Missing elements receive accountable follow-up, protecting continued occupational therapy reimbursement from documentation failure.
Translate skilled minutes into supportable timed units
Coding review compares direct-treatment time, interventions, and billed quantities. Unit exceptions resolve before submission, preventing underbilling and unsupported timed-code claims.
Resolve modifier and medical-necessity denials with progress evidence
Claim edits validate GO, CO, KX, and episode documentation. Appeals use functional progress and certification history, protecting payment for medically necessary skilled therapy.
Therapy specialists, episode intelligence, and governance for skilled-service reimbursement.
Expertise-led
Specialists who understand therapy plans, timed codes, and functional documentation.
- Coders experienced in evaluations, therapeutic activities, and self-care training
- Authorization specialists who track visits, units, expiration dates, and extensions
- Denial analysts who connect payer responses with progress and certification evidence
Technology-powered
RevAmp converts episode, minute, modifier, claim, and payment signals into action.
- Exception queues for expiring units, missing signatures, and overdue progress reports
- Rules supporting timed-unit, GO, CO, KX, and claim-edit validation
- Dashboards linking episode defects to denials, variance, and aging
Operationally-governed
Therapy governance assigns ownership across access, clinical, and billing handoffs.
- Reviews track authorization units, certification timeliness, unit accuracy, and denials
- Calibration connects payer changes with schedulers, therapists, assistants, and coders
- Corrective actions close repeat documentation and modifier defects
Our Vision
Open accountability: Taking responsibility without taking control.
Occupational therapy leaders retain control of care standards, therapy systems, and payer policies. We own agreed workflows and measures. Open Accountability connects authorization units, certification dates, timed minutes, progress reports, modifier accuracy, denials, and payment variance. Transparent episode queues show where revenue risk entered and who must resolve it.
Authorization units remaining
Approved therapy capacity stays visible before each scheduled visit
Plan certification timeliness
Required signatures support the treatment episode without delay
Timed-unit accuracy
Documented minutes align with billed skilled-service quantities
Progress-report completion
Functional change and continued need receive timely evidence
Modifier accuracy
GO, CO, and KX use matches clinician and episode facts
Why Us
What changes when every therapy claim carries certified and measurable functional evidence.
An expired authorization, unsigned plan, or unsupported unit creates preventable rework. First-Pass Performance checks episode evidence before claims advance. Referrals, certifications, visit counts, timed minutes, progress notes, modifiers, and edits remain connected. Recurring failures return to the responsible workflow with evidence, ownership, and corrective action.
Rework-Powered Cleanup Machine
Our First-Pass Performance
Expired authorization units
Visit limits surface after treatment or claim denial.
Approved units and expiration dates remain visible before scheduling.
Uncertified therapy plan
Missing signatures receive follow-up after payment stops.
Certification exceptions route to accountable owners before continued billing.
Unsupported timed unit
Billed quantities diverge from documented minutes and interventions.
Treatment time and unit logic receive calibrated prebilling validation.
Incorrect GO, CO, or KX use
Modifiers post without confirming discipline, assistant time, or threshold evidence.
Clinician participation and episode facts drive modifier selection.
Weak continued-need evidence
Appeals begin without current goals, progress, or skilled rationale.
Progress reports and recertification evidence remain claim-ready throughout care.
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Trace where a therapy episode loses units, evidence, or payer approval.
Schedule a 30-minute working session with our occupational therapy revenue cycle lead. Bring one pressure point: authorization units, plan certification, timed-code accuracy, progress evidence, modifier denials, or aged A/R. We will trace the episode from evaluation through payment. Then we will identify controls that prevent repeat leakage.
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Explore Points Of ViewFrequently Asked Questions
How do you keep occupational therapy authorization units from expiring unused?
What documentation supports an occupational therapy plan of care?
How do you validate timed-code units under therapy billing rules?
How are GO, CO, and KX modifiers controlled on occupational therapy claims?
How do you reduce medical-necessity denials for continued therapy?
Which KPIs reveal occupational therapy revenue leakage earliest?
Can support cover one setting, payer, or therapy workflow?