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APTA Working for You: Commercial Payer Updates, July 2019

Jul 22, 2019/News

The commercial payer world is varied and continually evolving. APTA helps its members by staying on top of changes and bringing the physical therapy profession's voice to the table on a wide range of private payer-related issues. Here's a quick rundown of some of the latest news and APTA activities.

Proposed Home Health Rule Moves Ahead With New Payment System, Allows Therapist Assistants to Furnish Maintenance Therapy

Jul 12, 2019/News

The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) intends to go full steam ahead with its plans to shift to a new payment system for home health beginning in 2020. The plans are accompanied by other changes that include allowing maintenance therapy to be furnished by physical therapist assistants

JAMA Neurology: Telerehab Program Works as Well as Clinic-Based Program for Improved Arm Function Poststroke

Jul 5, 2019/Review

The findings lend further support to the ideas behind APTA's efforts to increase telehealth opportunities for PTs and their patients.

9 Conversations to Have With Your Legislators While They're Back Home in August

Jul 29, 2019/News

Members of the US Senate and House of Representatives are headed to their home states and districts during the August congressional recess, which means more opportunities to meet in-person and advocate for policies important to the physical therapy profession and its patients. And the timing couldn't

Older-Adult Deaths From Falls Have Increased; Intervention May Help Decrease Falls in the Future

Jun 28, 2019/Review

In 2016, adults 75 and older were dying from falls-related injuries at more than double the rate they were in 2000.

Survey of PTs Reveals 'Significantly Inadequate' Rates of BP and HR Measurement

Jul 8, 2019/Review

A survey of PTs revealed that only 14.8% of respondents reported measuring BP and HR on initial examination of new patients.

The Good Stuff: Members and the Profession in the Media, July 2019

Jul 17, 2019/News

"The Good Stuff" is an occasional series that highlights recent media coverage of physical therapy and APTA members, with an emphasis on good news and stories of how individual PTs and PTAs are transforming health care and society every day. Enjoy! "Life is always going to find a way": Dakota Kay, PT,

Final SNF Rule Sets New Payment System Into Motion October 1

Jul 31, 2019/News

CMS' SNF final payment rule proceeds with implementation of the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM).

Members-Only Webinar Will Focus on Demonstrating Value in New Home Health Payment System

Jul 23, 2019/News

Physical therapists (PTs) and other providers who furnish services through home health agencies that bill Medicare will face an entirely new payment system beginning in January, 2020—one in which demonstrating the value of a particular intervention will be key. A new multidisciplinary webinar that includes

Judge Lays Out What CMS Must Do to Correct Jimmo Education Failings

Feb 6, 2017/News

These education efforts were supposed to have taken place after the 2013 Jimmo settlement around the improvement standard.