I, for one, hope they leave things the way they are. I work for a physician owned practice and there is no way I would want to take care of the business aspect of my practice. I work part time...and don't want to work any more (with 2 small children). If I had to own my own practice or work in an outpatient facility, I would have a lot more stress about overhead. I'm such a tiny fish in the big pond of our physician practice that nobody pays attention to my tiny bit of overhead and I am free to focus on patient care. In all the settings I have worked in, this one is my absolute favorite. We also have a much closer working relationship (the docs and I), therefore the idea of a rehab "team" actually exists! Jenny Daup
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck Willmarth Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 2:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [OTlist] Referral Relationships Between Therapists and Physicians AOTA Seeks Feedback on the Referral Relationships Between Therapists and Physicians Should therapists be able to work directly for physicians? As part of the proposed rule on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2008, CMS is considering changing the Stark anti-kickback rules about in-office ancillary services. Current policies permit physician ownership of occupational therapy practices, permit physicians to bill for occupational therapy services other than through incident-to billing, and allow situations where occupational therapists reassign Medicare reimbursement to a physician practice. Would a change forbidding physicians to "own" therapy practices or use therapists as part of practices they own other than when providing services "incident to." AOTA will be commenting on this issue, as well as other aspects of the proposed fee schedule rule, and seeks feedback on how these issues have impacted you. Read more about the issue at http://www.aota.org/News/AdvocacyNews/40312.aspx and provide feedback to AOTA at [EMAIL PROTECTED] by August 15th for inclusion in our official comments. Chuck Willmarth Director, State Affairs -- 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 **************************************************************************************
