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                                                                FRAZIER
 
SERVICE FEE MEMORANDUM
MS-JT-00-01-25
 
TO:             Department of Vocational Rehabilitation
                   Field Administrators, Teams, and Counselors
                   Barry Newill, Jerry Holbrook, Patty Reynolds, Joyce Bowlin, CDPCRC
                   Department for the Blind Staff
 
FROM:      Marian Spencer, Program Administrator (DVR)
                  John Thomas, VR Administrator (DFB)

 

 

DATE:     July 31, 2001
 
RE:          Frazier Rehab Center, Neuro Rehabilitation Program, Brain
                Injury Program Services, Employment Based Rehabilitation Services

Effective August 1, 2001, fees and program guidelines have been updated for the NeuroRehabilitation Program, Brain Injury Program Services at Frazier. The Department will only purchase Employment Based Rehabilitation Services (Return to Work) through Frazier’s Brain Injury Program.

The Department will not purchase Pre-Vocational and Vocational Based Rehabilitation Services through Frazier’s Brain Injury Program since Carl D. Perkins Comprehensive Rehabilitation Center (CDPCRC) offers comparable services.  Consumers who chose not to attend CDPCRC may wish to explore alternative funding from the Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund for this phase of Frazier’s Brain Injury Program.

Employment Based Rehabilitation Services include:

           Job Analysis

 

          Vocational Program Identification, Implementation and Facilitation – 

                        Return to Work

 

          Job Trial Program: Job Trial Responsibility & Liability Contract & 

 

            Job Trial Company Agreement

 

          Work Hardening Program

 

            Visual Perceptual Skill Assessment, Remediation and Compensation

 

          Specialized Ergonomic Assessment and Program Implementation

 

         Consumer/Physician/Employer Liaison

 
Unit Fee
CPT Code 97537 Community/Work Reintegration Training $18.50 Per Unit

(15 Minutes)

Use CPT code 97537 at $18.50 per 15 minutes on pay authorizations. This code is in the Relative Value Schedule in the Case Management System.

Total Unit Coverage: 176 to 200 Units for 9 to 12 Months Duration
A total of 176 to 200 Units of Employment Based Rehabilitation Services may be covered over a longer duration. The longer duration will insure greater stability and job security.
 
Exception: Coverage of limited number of Pre-Vocational and Vocational Program Units when Need to insure Successful Return to work with Approval of DFB Designee/Region II DVR Resource Team required.
 
This exception may be considered to insure the satisfactory performance of an essential function of a job to which the consumer is entering/returning. For example, a DFB/DVR consumer who is participating in the Employment Based Rehabilitation Services under DFB/DVR support needs to return to the Pre-Vocational & Vocational Program for a limited number of physical therapy sessions to assess ladder climbing abilities, endurance, balance, etc., since climbing a ladder an essential function of the job to which the consumer is entering/returning.
 

VENDOR NUMBER:                             611029768-08

 

VENDOR NAME AND ADDRESS:     FRAZIER REHAB CTR

                                              P O BOX 3683

                                              LOUISVILLE KY 40201

CONTACT PERSON:                            Amy Zimmer

                                                                   PHONE:  502-429-8640

                                                                   FAX: 502-426-2283

                                                                   E-Mail: amy.zimmer@jhhs.org

 

 

SERVICE FEE MEMORANDUM
MS-94-95-25
 
DATE: April 1, 1995
 
RE: Community Re-Entry Program, Frazier Rehab Center, Louisville
 
Effective April 1, 1995, the following rates and program guidelines have been established for the Community Re-Entry Program for Persons with Brain Injuries at Frazier Rehab Center.
The Community re-Entry Program will continue to follow a multi-disciplinary approach involving individual and group therapies.
 
The Department of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) will provide coverage as follows:
Fee of $12.50 Per Unit of Treatment (One (1) Unit = Fifteen (15) Minutes)
 
Total Units of 1,248
 
Seventeen (17) Weeks Duration
 
Should Physical Therapy (which is not a component of the Community Re-Entry Program) be recommended, DVR will provide additional coverage at $17 Per Unit.
 
DVR authorizations should be issued monthly and invoiced upon receipt of bills and monthly progress reports.
 
Initial participation in the program will typically involve 6 hours per day (24 treatment unites per day), 4 days per week (96 units per week) for 2 months. Thereafter, participation may continue on a full-time basis for one additional month or may continue on a part-time basis for two additional months.
 
When found necessary to request an extension of treatment beyond the seventeen weeks and/or 1,248 units of treatment, Frazier must submit a written request to the DVR Counselor two weeks prior to the completion of the program. The DVR Counselor must then submit this request with copies of monthly progress reports to the DVR Director of Program Services.
VENDOR NUMBER:
V00351346
VENDOR NAME AND ADDRESS:
FRAZIER REHAB CTR
220 ABRAHAM FLEXNER WAY
LOUISVILLE KY 40202
CONTACT PERSON:
Laura Strickland
Digital or Voice Beeper: 502-336-2220
502-429-8640
 
 
SERVICE FEE MEMORANDUM
MS-91-92-17
 
DATE: July 30, 1992
 
RE: Outpatient Services Fee Schedule Frazier Rehab Center, Louisville
 
Effective August 1, 1992, the following maximum allowable rates may be provided for outpatient services at Frazier Rehab Center.
 
CODE
PROCEDURE
RATE
By Report
DIETARY COUNSELING
$ 7.75 per 15 Minute Unit
By Report
NURSING SERVICE
$13.70 Per 15 Minute Unit
By Report
PHYSICAL THERAPY:
Evaluation and/or Therapy
$17.00 Per 15 Minute Unit
By Report
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY:
Evaluation and/or Therapy
 
$14.25 Per 15 Minute Unit
By Report
SPEECH AND LANGUAGE:
Evaluation and/or Therapy
$18.65 Per 15 Minute Unit
By Report
PSYCHOTHERAPY:
Individual
Groupl
$17.00 Per 15 Minute Unit
6.50 Per 15 Minute Unit
95860
ELECTROMYOGRAM
$55.00
UROLOGY STUDIES
 
 
51741
Flow Study
$19.00
51726
Cystometrogram
63.00
51772
Urethral Pressure Profile
63.00
By Report
TBI COMMUNITY RE-ENTRY:
 
 
Multiple-Discipline Group Therapy
(56 Units per Week @ $650 Per 15 Minute Unit for up to 26 Weeks)
 
WORK HARDENING PROGRAM (Reference Service Fee Memorandum, MS-90-91-11, January 2, 1991.
By Report
Functional Capacity Evaluation I (4 Hours)
$230.00
By Report
Functional Capacity Evaluation II (6 Hours)
$325.00
By Report
Musculoskeletal Evaluation
$ 60.00
By Report
Job Analysis (Per 15 Minute Unit
$ 15.00
By Report
Cybex 340 Evaluation
$ 65.00
By Report
Cybex Back Evaluation
$100.00
By Report
Musculoskeletal Evaluation Included
 
By Report
Work Conditioning (1 to 4 Weeks Duration, 5 Days Per Week)
Two Hours
Half Day
 
 
$ 40.00
$ 70.00
By Report
Work Hardening (2 to 6 Weeks Duration, 5 Days Per Week)
Hourly
Half Day
Whole Day
 
 
$ 27.00
$ 70.00
$110.00
 
 
 
Vendor Number:
V00351346
 
Vendor Name & Address
FRAZIER REHAB CTR
220 ABRAHAM FLEXNER WAY
LOUISVILLE, KY