Does coaching need a practitioner order or plan of care?

Short answer

The final rule doesn't spell one out for coaching, but because coaching is an incident-to service, documenting the practitioner's order or plan of care that the coaching carries out is strongly advisable.

The toolkit's practitioner order and plan-of-care template covers diagnosis context, coaching goals, frequency guidance, signature and date.

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