Within a Skilled Nursing Facility, Students Must Meet Certain Requirements

Multiple Choice

Within a skilled nursing facility, students must meet certain requirements for their patient treatments to be billable as skilled therapy minutes.Identify the requirements that must be met for services to be billable.

A) The supervising PT or PTA does not have to be in the facility, but must be available by cell phone for any questions that may arise.
B) The student does not have to be supervised by the PT or PTA but needs to communicate the treatment session at the end of the day.
C) The supervising PT or PTA is required to review and co-sign all students' patient documentation.
D) The student is allowed to determine the appropriate level of service for the patient and communicate this decision in the patient documentation.