Archive - June 2013

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 28, 2013 Baltimore, MD – The Brief Cognitive Assessment Test (BCAT), currently used by thousands of clinicians worldwide to assess and treat individuals who are living with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), a condition that results in an individual’s decreased memory, judgment, and reasoning abilities, has announced that they are unveiling an enhancement to their innovative science.   The newly branded “BCAT Approach” will offer expanded access,... Read More

June 18, 2013 -  CMS has provided the following update based on the June 4th Open Door Forum statement that "on July 1st funcational reporting will start which requests doing initial evals, goals & status.  The July 1st treatment has to be treated as the initial eval, even if [provider] have been treating the patient.  [CMS] realizes it is 'a little bit of a burden' but feel it is necessary."   CMS had previously indicated that therapists must report functional information on the first... Read More