I guess you have to be old enuf to remember. It is my understanding that the original medicare regs were drafted when AOTA was still housed in NY, and the other associations were in the Washington area. AOTA then moved to Washington and has been playing catch up ever since. At least that is how I heard it. Estelle
Estelle B. Breines, PhD, OTR, FAOTA 15 Hibbler Road Lebanon, NJ 08833 908 735-8918 908 730-8919 FAX 908 797-6301 Cell www.grbookpublishers.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gina Tate OT Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 1:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [OTlist] AOTA lobbying Hi Ron, One of the primary purposes of any proffesional organization is to keep abreast of potential lawmaking that could negatively affect our proffesion and lobby on our behalf. They did an excellent job with the Medicare caps. SMILE. They learned the value of lobbying this time and getting members of our proffesion to act. That is how laws are made in this country. I do not know the specifics but I assume no one lobbied the congressmen who drew up the medicare home health policies back when it was done. They have gone full force over therapy caps. Did they do so when home health policies wer made? Doubt it. I would love to know more but as for now I have to go on assumtion. Gina > Even though I occassionally 'bash' AOTA, I don't think that they let > Medicare exclude OT from opening home health. Honestly, I don't know > exactly when the exclusion took place, nor do I know any details about > what AOTA did or didn't do, but I doubt that they just let Medicare > dictate the rules without any input. Perhaps Chuck W. can provide us > with some accurate history!!!! > > Ron > -- Unsubscribe? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Help? [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Help? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
