Pat, For what it's worth, I checked the CORF manual and didn't see anything. I also checked with a policy analyst in our division to see if this was correct...the response was "No. Medicare does not write regulations that are discipline specific based on body areas." If you find something in writing please send it to me and we will take a closer look. Thanks.
Chuck Willmarth Director, State Affairs AOTA >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1/12/2007 9:37:45 AM >>> Hi Ron, I am sure my employer does NOT want to hire a PT. They have not even begun to look for one (it has been several months) and are turning away medicare patients other than UE because there isn't a PT. I will ask where they got that information from though, and see if I can get a copy of it. Maybe I can find something in the CORF manual. At 07:24 AM 1/12/2007, you wrote: >Hello Pat: > >I don't have much knowledge of CORF-specific Medicare regulations, >however, I find it highly unlikely that Medicare regs state that only >a PT can treat back and LE pain patients. Medicare does not >distinguish disciplines by body parts that can or can not be treated. > >I think your employer is trying to hire a PT and are using the the >Medicare regs as an excuse. Will you please ask your employer for a >reference to the Medicare regs that they are citing, and then share >that regulation with us? You may also want to contact the >Reimbursement and Regulatory dept at AOTA: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am SURE >they are very interested in this situation!!!!! > >Thanks, > > >Ron > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Pat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 >To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >Subj: [OTlist] UE vs LE & Medicare (new rant) > >P> I have worked in a pain management clinic for over two years. They >P> recently changed the name to functional restoration clinic, but the program >P> has not changed. We recently became CORF accredited, and all of a sudden I >P> am no longer qualified to do the same thing with medicare patients that I >P> have been doing with worker's comp patients for more than two years. The >P> majority of the patients are back and LE patients, and medicare says that >P> only a PT can treat them. I am the one and only OT at the clinic, and >P> there is no PT. Unless and until they hire a PT, we can't treat those >P> medicare patients that we are now accredited to treat. YET... it would be >P> perfectly acceptable to medicare if a new PT grad with far less experience >P> than me were to come in and treat them!!!! Go figure. > >P> Pat > > > > > >-- >Options? > www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com > >Archive? > www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > >************************************************************************************** >Enroll in Boston University's post-professional Master of Science for OTs >Online. Gain the skills and credentials to propel your career. >www.otdegree.com/otn >************************************************************************************** -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] ************************************************************************************** Enroll in Boston University's post-professional Master of Science for OTs Online. Gain the skills and credentials to propel your career. www.otdegree.com/otn ************************************************************************************** -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] ************************************************************************************** Enroll in Boston University's post-professional Master of Science for OTs Online. Gain the skills and credentials to propel your career. www.otdegree.com/otn **************************************************************************************
