This is from Chuck Wilmarth at AOTA:
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AOTA Recruiting OT Private Practice Testing Sites for Quality Program
AOTA is currently seeking volunteer OT private practices willing to
participate in a Medicare project to develop quality measures
applicable to the occupational therapy profession. We are seeking to
identify 10 - 15 private practices that treat Medicare patients
nationally. This project is being run by a Medicare contractor called
Quality Insights of Pennsylvania (QIP).
Volunteer practices will receive a web training on quality measure
testing by QIP, be asked to test four occupational therapy measures in
the clinical setting over a 2-3 week period and participate in an exit
interview with QIP staff. Detailed instructions for this process and
assistance will be provided to participating practices. You
participation in this project will help to assure that occupational
therapists have quality measures available to report on under the
Medicare Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) program and
expand the participation of occupational therapy in ongoing quality
initiatives and critical research endeavors. The four measures that
are being tested include:
* Re-evaluation of ADLs/IADLs
www.usqualitymeasures.org/shared/content/Measure_objects/08_Therapy/Draft_Reevaluation%20ADL_012108.pdf>
* Re-evaluation of Home Program
www.usqualitymeasures.org/shared/content/Measure_objects/08_Therapy/Draft_%20home%20program_012108.pdf>
* Objective Edema Evaluation
www.usqualitymeasures.org/shared/content/Measure_objects/08_Therapy/Draft_Edema%20eval_012108.pdf>
* Demonstration of Preventive Techniques (Prevention of re-injury and secondary
complications)
www.usqualitymeasures.org/shared/content/Measure_objects/08_Therapy/Draft_Prev%20Techniques_012108.pdf>
Please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you are interested in
participating.
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