Hello All: Following Rachelle Dorn's link, here is an excerpt of what AOTA say's about the Medicare Direct Access initiative:
- quote - "AOTA is working with the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) to clarify overall intent and to assure that the bill does no harm to occupational therapy under Medicare. AOTA is pursuing its own direct access initiative under direction from the AOTA Representative Assembly, requiring that resources be developed and shared with state associations to expand levels of direct access under state occupational therapy practice acts where state laws may inhibit expansion into community-based and other emerging practice arenas. The State Affairs Group has taken the lead on this effort, providing lobbying and technical assistance to state associations wishing to pursue efforts in this area." - end quote - Ron ************************************************* On 11/12/02,[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RC> Sandi and others, RC> Please let me clarify something. I frequently am confused with Reggie RC> Campbell from Texas. While we share name similarities she and I are not RC> the same. I'm just a rehab director up in the Northwest corner. To RC> paraphrase a great orator. I've met Reggie Campbell. I am no Reggie RC> Campbell. RC> To that end, I'm not aware of any action or position taken on this RC> initiative by AOTA. I am not typically someone who attempts to agitate RC> on a subject but would sure like some discussion on whether I am RC> fabricating scenarios that aren't likely to occur. RC> As for the direct access initiative being promoted by the physical RC> therapists, I am very much on board with the obvious common sense of RC> this. I just fear that if OT does not have similar access there will be RC> too much imbalance in the process of referring to OT as compared to PT RC> which could result in loss of access to OT and increased scope by PTs to RC> fill the gap. RC> Redge L Campbell MS OTR/L RC> Director of Rehabilitation Services RC> Harrison Hospital RC> Bremerton, WA 98310 RC> 360.792.6531 >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/11/02 08:20PM >>> RC> Thank you, Reggie. I was hoping that someone was acting on this at RC> the RC> national level, but I have heard nothing from AOTA on this issue. Is RC> anyone RC> from AOTA reading Reggie's letter? What can therapists in the field do RC> to RC> fight this legislation? RC> Sandi McClary, MS/MOTR RC> Rehab Manager RC> Lovelace Hospital RC> Albuquerque, NM RC> 505-343-6328 RC> ----- Original Message ----- RC> From: "Redge Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> RC> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> RC> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 10:58 AM RC> Subject: Direct Access for PT >> Greetings Colleagues, >> >> I have been following with great interest the strategy of the RC> physical >> therapy community in moving toward the entry level DPT and RC> submitting >> legislation to Congress for direct access and potentially RC> prescriptive >> authority for physical therapists. I haven't heard much concern RC> 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 RC> 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 RC> 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 RC> 30 >> day recertification notes, and be held accountable for the intensity RC> 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. RC> My >> guess is that virtually every other referring specialty physician RC> would >> rather just refer to PT. The result would be a significant hit on RC> 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 RC> by >> either requiring this change to be effective for all rehab RC> ancillaries >> or we need to vigorously oppose this legislation at the national RC> 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 >> >> *********��*********** >> RC> *********��*********** RC> Unsubscribe? 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