Sandi and others, Please let me clarify something. I frequently am confused with Reggie Campbell from Texas. While we share name similarities she and I are not the same. I'm just a rehab director up in the Northwest corner. To paraphrase a great orator. I've met Reggie Campbell. I am no Reggie Campbell.
To that end, I'm not aware of any action or position taken on this initiative by AOTA. I am not typically someone who attempts to agitate on a subject but would sure like some discussion on whether I am fabricating scenarios that aren't likely to occur. As for the direct access initiative being promoted by the physical therapists, I am very much on board with the obvious common sense of this. I just fear that if OT does not have similar access there will be too much imbalance in the process of referring to OT as compared to PT which could result in loss of access to OT and increased scope by PTs to fill the gap. Redge L Campbell MS OTR/L Director of Rehabilitation Services Harrison Hospital Bremerton, WA 98310 360.792.6531 >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/11/02 08:20PM >>> Thank you, Reggie. I was hoping that someone was acting on this at the national level, but I have heard nothing from AOTA on this issue. Is anyone from AOTA reading Reggie's letter? What can therapists in the field do to fight this legislation? Sandi McClary, MS/MOTR Rehab Manager Lovelace Hospital Albuquerque, NM 505-343-6328 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Redge Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 10:58 AM Subject: Direct Access for PT > Greetings Colleagues, > > I have been following with great interest the strategy of the physical > therapy community in moving toward the entry level DPT and submitting > legislation to Congress for direct access and potentially prescriptive > authority for physical therapists. I haven't heard much concern raised > in the OT community or in AOTA about the risks of this to our > profession. While I don't generally support OTs always chasing the PTs > this one has me on edge. > > If the physical therapists gain direct access and no longer require > physician 30 day certification for Part B services, they will have a > direct line on access to this population. If you were a referring > physician, whom would you rather have treat your outpatients? A > discipline which could directly manage your patient for you with little > or no requirement on your part, or a discipline that required you to > continue to follow your patient actively every 30 days, read and sign 30 > day recertification notes, and be held accountable for the intensity of > treatment provided by the discipline? > > My guess is that physiatrists would feel threatened and would rather > maintain the close contact with patients, which would benefit OT's. My > guess is that virtually every other referring specialty physician would > rather just refer to PT. The result would be a significant hit on OT > access to Part B patients and further increases in scope of practice > challenges as PT's step further into the functional skills arena. > > As I see it, we need to have a direct professional response to this by > either requiring this change to be effective for all rehab ancillaries > or we need to vigorously oppose this legislation at the national level > as a threat to patient access to OT services. > > Is this on anyone's radar screen? > > > > Redge L Campbell MS OTR/L > Director of Rehabilitation Services > Harrison Hospital > Bremerton, WA 98310 > 360.792.6531 > > *********��*********** > > Unsubscribe? Send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the message's *body*, put the following text: unsubscribe OTlist > > ** List messages are archived at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/otlist@;otnow.com > > *********��*********** > *********��*********** Unsubscribe? Send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message's *body*, put the following text: unsubscribe OTlist ** List messages are archived at: http://www.mail-archive.com/otlist@;otnow.com *********��*********** *********��*********** Unsubscribe? Send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message's *body*, put the following text: unsubscribe OTlist ** List messages are archived at: http://www.mail-archive.com/otlist@;otnow.com *********��***********
