Can a paraprofessional provide PCS when they interpret to 2 hearing impaired students in a classroom for mainstream students?
Yes, the paraprofessional would meet the definition of a PCS provider. T10. If a student has speech therapy in the life skills classroom because the student can become combative and the therapist wants the teacher’s aide to be readily available to assist with the student, should the speech therapist’s time be backed out of the total time for PCS? Yes. When the speech therapist begins therapy in the life skills classroom, the group PCS should be documented with a stop time and the speech therapist’s time should be documented with start and stop time for the period of the therapy session. Because the teacher’s aide is simply present in the classroom during the speech therapy, no PCS is being performed and cannot be billed. However, if the teacher’s aide is actually required to provide PCS during the same time the speech therapist is providing speech therapy (and documented in the IEP), then the PCS could be billed as individual PCS and documented with start and stop time. T11. Can we bil
Yes, the paraprofessional would meet the definition of a PCS provider. T10. If a student has speech therapy in the life skills classroom because the student can become combative and the therapist wants the teacher’s aide to be readily available to assist with the student, should the speech therapist’s time be backed out of the total time for PCS? Yes. When the speech therapist begins therapy in the life skills classroom, the group PCS should be documented with a stop time and the speech therapist’s time should be should be documented with start and stop time for the period of the therapy session. Because the teacher’s aide is simply present in the classroom during the speech therapy, no PCS is being performed and cannot be billed. However, if the teacher’s aide is actually required to provide PCS during the same time the speech therapist is providing speech therapy (and documented in the IEP justifying the medical necessity of PCS during speech therapy time), then the PCS could be bill
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