Brevara Notes Built for Therapists

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Professional notes. In seconds.

Abbreviations, full sentences, or a mix — type it the way you already jot it. Brevara returns a complete note with appropriate CPT billing codes and 8-minute rule units already calculated.

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From shorthand to a finished note

Write the session the way you already jot it. Brevara turns it into a complete skilled note — with appropriate CPT billing codes and 8-minute rule totals.

Brevara COTA — OT Assistant Outpatient (OP) In-person In-home visit

Clinical Shorthand

Shorthand, full sentences, or a mix — all work. Example case, no real patient information.

Generated Note

Generating note

Tap any section to read the full text. Every section below is part of the note Brevara generated.

97535/Self-care and ADL training x 38 mins

The COTA instructed the patient in shower and bathing activities to advance independence and reduce fall risk during hygiene routines. The patient used a four-wheeled walker (4WW) for all functional mobility within the bathroom. The COTA facilitated graded task sequencing throughout the session, monitoring safety responses and adjusting assist levels as the clinical picture required. The patient required minimum assist (min A) for doffing all upper body (UB) garments, demonstrating partial carryover of compensatory techniques previously introduced. The patient performed all lower body (LB) donning and doffing at modified independence (mod I). The patient required min A for cleaning the dorsal surface for infection control purposes, as this area presents increased fall and safety risk when attempted without skilled guidance. The COTA guided the patient in completing the tub-to-shower chair transfer using grab bars, with the patient performing the majority of the seated shower at stand-by assist (SBA). The COTA directed safe seated positioning on the shower chair and monitored dynamic balance throughout to maintain a stable base of support. Energy conservation techniques were instructed, including task sequencing, pacing, and strategic use of the shower chair to reduce exertion demands and support sustained independence with bathing. Fall risk precautions were reviewed, including safe device management with the 4WW in the bathroom environment and appropriate use of grab bars during all phases of the transfer.

97110/Therapeutic exercise x 15 mins

Following bathing activities, the COTA facilitated a supine (SUP) therapeutic exercise program using a dowel rod and active-assisted range of motion (AAROM) to address upper and lower extremity strength and trunk stability necessary for bed mobility and functional transfers. The patient completed 10 repetitions of shoulder flexion with the dowel rod bilaterally to improve UB mobility and overhead reach. The patient then performed 10 repetitions of bilateral leg lifts to build lower extremity (LE) strength supporting sit-to-stand and car transfer performance. The session concluded with 10 repetitions of bridging in the supine position to develop trunk stabilization and LE coordination needed for safe bed mobility. The COTA monitored quality of movement throughout each exercise, maintaining proper form and grading the sequencing from distal to proximal demands. Skilled OT services were required throughout this session for clinical monitoring of assist-level fluctuations during shower transfer, grading exercise demand to match the patient's current functional capacity, and instructing compensatory techniques for safe bathing and transfer performance. Services cannot be safely or effectively performed by the patient, family, or unskilled personnel due to the complexity of the patient's condition and need for ongoing clinical judgment.

Plan and progression

The COTA will advance UB dressing from min A to stand-by assist and progress AAROM shoulder flexion from 10 repetitions with the dowel rod to 15 repetitions, while introducing compensatory one-handed doffing strategies to support increased independence with upper body bathing and dressing tasks.

Supervision, summary and place of service

Treatment provided under the direction of the supervising OT.

Session focused on shower safety, bathing independence, and SUP therapeutic exercise for bed mobility and transfer performance.

Skilled outpatient therapy services were provided in person in the patient's home.

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Example note built from the shorthand shown — fresh individual documentation made effortless.

Write it the way you always do

Clipped abbreviations, full sentences, or a mix — BUE, ADL, SBA, ROM and the rest all work, and so does plain description. Just leave patient names and dates out: Brevara isn’t HIPAA-compliant. More in our Terms.

How It Works

Three steps. That’s it.

STEP 01

Set your discipline once

Choose OT, COTA, PT, or PTA at signup. Brevara locks it in and automatically scopes every note to your discipline—terminology, supervision rules, and billing codes included.

STEP 02

Type the session

Type it however it comes out. Clipped abbreviations, full sentences, or whatever mix you naturally use — Brevara reads all of it and turns it into a complete professional note. There is no format to learn.

STEP 03

Copy, paste, and submit

Get a complete professional note with CPT codes and units calculated. Copy it, paste it into your electronic health record (EHR), and submit.

Features

Everything you need. Nothing you don’t.

8-Minute Rule Calculator

Billable units calculated automatically per code—timed codes use the CMS 8-minute rule, untimed codes (like hot packs and e-stim) are flagged as 1 unit per session. No mental math, no end-of-day second-guessing. Try our free 8-minute rule calculator.

Auto CPT Detection

Brevara reads your note and automatically attaches the appropriate CPT billing codes—no manual lookup needed.

Discipline-Scoped Notes

Set your discipline once at signup. Every note is automatically scoped to your discipline — OT, COTA, PT, or PTA — with matching terminology, supervision lines, CPT codes, and clinical framing.

Home Health & SNF Aware

Brevara reads home health and SNF context from your shorthand — PDPM-aware language and Section GG framing for SNF, and a homebound toggle you control for home health.

Fast Generation

Complete, professional notes in seconds. No templates to fill, no blanks to complete.

Follow-Up Editing

Need to add a time or fix a detail? Send a follow-up message and Brevara updates the note—no starting over.

Smart Note Detection

Brevara recognizes what type of note you need without being told. Type “discharge note” and it generates a full discharge summary. Type “eval” and it switches to evaluation mode with the appropriate eval CPT codes—no template switching required.

Built for CMS Standards

Every note includes skilled care rationale, medical necessity language, and precautions documentation—hip, weight-bearing, cardiac, fall risk—woven into every relevant section.

Generate, copy, paste, done

Your note lives only in your browser session while you work — nothing is written to our servers, so there is nothing sitting on a database to breach. Copy it into your EHR before you start the next visit.

Want the complete picture — including what Brevara doesn’t do? See What Brevara Does →

A Day With Brevara

Six visits. Notes done before you get home.

No patient names. Nothing saved on our end. One visit, one note, finished before the next door.

1

The visit wraps

You finish the session and head back to the car. Your shorthand is still fresh — that is the moment Brevara is built for.

2

Type it however it comes out

Clipped abbreviations, full sentences, or both in the same note — plus your times. Use a case number or general descriptor instead of a name, and that is all Brevara needs.

3

The note comes back

Complete skilled note, appropriate CPT billing codes, and units calculated under the 8-minute rule. Read it, adjust anything, follow up if a detail changed.

4

Paste it and drive

Copy into your EHR and submit. The note clears when you start the next one — so you are never carrying six half-finished notes into the evening.

That is the whole workflow. No templates to manage, no drafts piling up, no documentation waiting for you after dinner.

Pricing

Less than a dollar a day. Your time back.

Think about how much time you spend on notes after your last visit — at the kitchen table, in the parking lot, or before pulling out of a patient’s driveway. Brevara handles the note the moment the visit ends. And the notes it writes are thorough, consistent, and clinically sharp every single time — not just when you have the energy.

  • Notes done when the visit ends

    Whether you’re leaving a SNF or pulling out of a patient’s driveway — notes done, not hours later at home.

  • Your best notes, every time

    Brevara writes the same quality note after your 10th visit as it does after your first — no fatigue, no shortcuts.

  • Works with any EHR

    No integrations. No training. Type it however you write, copy, paste, submit.

Standard

$29/month

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  • Unlimited billing-ready therapy notes
  • Appropriate CPT billing codes — auto-detected
  • CMS 8-minute rule unit calculations
  • Smart note detection — eval, daily, or discharge
  • OT, COTA, PT & PTA discipline-scoped notes
  • Home health & SNF documentation built in
  • Follow-up editing — fix details without starting over
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$29/month, and that’s the whole price. No contracts, no setup fees, no per-note charges. Cancel anytime from your account.

FAQ

Common questions

Is Brevara HIPAA compliant?

No. Brevara is not a HIPAA-covered platform. Do not enter patient names, initials, dates of birth, visit dates, room numbers, or any other identifying information — use case numbers, episode numbers, or general clinical descriptors instead. Your normal clinical abbreviations are all fine. Brevara’s AI is instructed to detect identifying information, remove it from the generated note, and include a reminder in its response. Treat that as a backstop, not a guarantee — keeping identifying information out of what you enter is your responsibility. Generated notes are never stored on our servers — they exist only in your browser session.

If your employer requires a signed HIPAA agreement (a Business Associate Agreement, or BAA) covering the software you use, Brevara isn’t the right fit — we don’t offer them. See our Terms and Privacy Policy for full details.

Do I have to write in abbreviations?

No. Brevara reads clinical shorthand, full sentences, or any mix of the two — and most therapists use a mix without thinking about it. Write the session the way you would describe it out loud, jot fragments the way you would scribble them on a form, or switch between both mid-sentence. All of it produces the same complete note.

There is no format to learn and no template to fill in. Just include your treatment times, and Brevara handles the rest.

Can I dictate instead of typing?

Brevara doesn’t have its own microphone yet. In the meantime, your phone or computer’s built-in dictation works fine — dictate into the shorthand box and Brevara reads the result exactly as if you’d typed it.

What EHRs does it work with?

Brevara works with any electronic health record (EHR). It generates clean, formatted text you copy and paste directly into whatever system you use—Kinnser, HHAeXchange, WebPT, MatrixCare, or anything else. No integrations required.

Does it work for SNF and home health?

Yes. Brevara understands home health and SNF context from your shorthand. For home health, a homebound toggle appears with your note settings. Turn it on and Brevara documents both Medicare homebound criteria from what you entered; leave it off and no homebound language appears at all. You decide per visit — Brevara does not assume homebound status on your behalf. For SNF, notes apply PDPM-aware documentation language aligned with Section GG functional areas—the items that drive Medicare Part A reimbursement under the Patient Driven Payment Model. Discipline-specific terminology, supervision lines, and CPT codes are handled automatically based on your discipline.

How accurate are the CPT codes and units?

Brevara reads the timed and untimed interventions from your shorthand and automatically selects appropriate CPT billing codes, then calculates billable units using the CMS 8-minute rule. Always review before submitting—you are responsible for the accuracy of your billing.

What if the note needs a correction?

Just send a follow-up message in the same session. Tell Brevara what to fix—“add 5 minutes to the ADL training” or “patient declined HEP”—and it updates the note without starting over.

Will my notes be accepted by insurance the first time?

Brevara generates notes built around Medicare medical necessity standards—skilled care rationale, medical necessity language, and discipline-appropriate terminology in every section. We can’t guarantee payer acceptance since that depends on factors outside any documentation tool, but notes written to CMS standards the first time mean less time rewriting and more time with patients.

How much does it cost?

Brevara is $29/month. No contracts, cancel anytime.

How Brevara Is Built

Engineered, not improvised

Anyone can point an AI at a note. Getting billing codes and skilled-care language right, every time, takes testing.

Tested, not just prompted

Every version of Brevara’s note engine runs against a locked battery of test cases before it ships. When a defect turns up, it gets reproduced and measured before it gets fixed — never patched by feel.

Grounded in CMS source material

The documentation rules come from the manuals — the 8-minute rule for timed codes, PDPM and Section GG for SNF, homebound criteria for home health. Not from guesswork about what payers want to see.

Reviewed by licensed and certified therapists

Therapist review shaped Brevara from the very first version — reading real output, flagging anything that didn’t sound like a therapist wrote it, and correcting the clinical language before it shipped. That review hasn’t stopped. It continues with every improvement we make.

Rules change — so Brevara does too

Billing rules and documentation expectations shift. When CMS guidance changes or coding language needs updating, the note engine gets revised and re-tested against the same battery before anything reaches your account.

I’m not a therapist — my wife is. She’d finish a full day of patient care and then spend her evening finishing notes. So we built the tool she wanted, and I built it the way you’d have to build anything that touches someone’s billing: with tests, and with therapists checking the words.

— Todd Storm, Founder

Stop losing hours to documentation.
Get that time back.

Your patients need your expertise. Not your evenings.

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