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SMEG Request Pricing
How It Works

From therapy note sample to leadership-ready risk report.

A controlled review workflow that complements the EHR. Official documentation stays in the facility system; SMEG provides risk visibility and leadership-ready findings.

Pipeline

Three stages. Source-backed checks. Human review before conclusions.

01
Intake

Notes are reviewed through an approved intake path.

  • • PointClickCare export / approved intake path
  • • MatrixCare export / approved intake path
  • • Optima Unity / Innova / generic CSV when approved
  • • PDF/text fallback only through approved secure intake
02
Engine

Source-aware screening with clinician-led validation.

  • • CMS Pub. 100-02 Ch. 15 §220–§230
  • • CMS R13437CP / CR 14252 — CY2026 KX thresholds
  • • PDPM PT/OT/SLP component logic
  • • MDS 3.0 Section O alignment
  • • Documentation-integrity and review-trail indicators
03
Deliverable

Risk grade, patterns, and action priorities.

  • • Documentation Risk Score per reviewed note
  • • Plain-language issues plus source context where applicable
  • • Suggested documentation improvement language for clinician review
  • • Potential reimbursement/documentation-risk context when supported
  • • Human review for high-priority patterns before leadership-facing conclusions
Review model

Founder-led therapy review with clear professional boundaries.

SMEG uses a COTA founder-clinician review lens for therapy documentation patterns, then presents findings as documentation-risk intelligence for facility discussion — not as legal, billing, MDS, clinical, or payer approval.

SMEG reviews
  • • PT / OT / SLP documentation-risk themes
  • • Skilled-need and goal-support language
  • • Part A, Part B, PDPM/MDS, Section O, and supervision/cosignature indicators
  • • High-priority findings for clinician-led validation
Facility retains
  • • Compliance, legal, billing, and payer-policy decisions
  • • MDS coding and official reimbursement decisions
  • • Official EHR documentation and clinical decision-making
  • • Final approval of any internal corrective action
Authority

The core source areas SMEG checks.

Findings are mapped to source-backed documentation-risk concepts where applicable, plus clearly labeled best-practice/documentation-integrity indicators.

CMS Pub. 100-02 Ch. 15

Outpatient therapy services — coverage and documentation

§220 plan-of-care, §220.3 documentation requirements, §230 medical necessity. A core source area SMEG maps documentation-risk checks against.

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CMS Transmittal R13437CP / CR 14252

CY2026 KX modifier thresholds

CY2026 outpatient therapy KX threshold is $2,480, with targeted medical review threshold remaining $3,000. SMEG flags KX/threshold documentation risk for review.

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PDPM (Patient-Driven Payment Model)

Therapy component classification

Per-diem PT, OT, and SLP component rates. SMEG checks documentation appears aligned with the stated payer/setting context.

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MDS 3.0 RAI Manual

Section O — Special treatments & therapy minutes

MDS/PDPM-related documentation-risk checks are part of SMEG’s review logic, with payer/facility-specific review still requiring human validation.

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In the field

A sidecar review, not an EHR replacement.

Therapists keep documenting in the facility-approved EHR. SMEG provides a sidecar review report for leadership, DOR, compliance, and revenue-cycle discussion.

For the therapist

Document in the approved EHR. During a pilot, notes are reviewed through fake data first or secure approved intake only. High-risk findings come back as specific review prompts, not vague “more detail needed” feedback.

SMEG suggests what type of clinical support may be missing, where the gap appears, and why a clinician/compliance reviewer may want to address it.

For the DOR & CFO

Pilot dashboard/report: facility risk snapshot, discipline patterns, documentation themes, and examples that leadership can review.

Review trail: findings, reviewer notes, and action priorities can be tracked for internal quality improvement and documentation follow-up.

Start with a controlled pilot.

Start with fake data or a defined sample after BAA/security approval. SMEG returns a leadership-ready risk-pattern report and pilot readout call.