Ron,
I have an update to the scope of practice issue in NJ. As I understand it, NJOTA
representatives very recently met with the PTs to discuss this bill and Meryl now
reports that they have agreed " to amend the language - everywhere in the document
where it lists function with be replaced by
Hi Jody,
Please check out the latest update on AOTA's webpage. If you haven't contacted your
legislators about this issue, please do so soon.
"WARNING! Medicare $1500 Cap in Serious Jeopardy
Keep the Pressure on Congress - Updated 11/8/2002"
http://capwiz.com/aota/issues/alert/?alertid=594501&
Hi Redge,
There is information about the PT Direct Access bill on AOTA's webpage. Since so many
listmembers are interested I will post the full text to the summary. In response to
an RA resolution, our efforts have focused on providing state associations with
resources to refine state referr
I don't think "function" is the latest buzzword, but rather it is a term
that is very important to payment. For example, Chapter 2 - Coverage of
Services of the Outpatient Physical Therapy Comprehensive Outpatient
Rehabilitation Facility and Community Mental Health Center Manual uses
the term in
Hi,
I've never quite understood this process. In order to get a license in
most states you need a social security number from SSA. But before you
can get a social security number, you need to submit immigration papers.
But before you can get your immigration papers you need to have a
temporary
Besides of
> > course the licensing body (NBCOT) / licensing exam body gets to
collect
> the
> > fee regardless!!!
> >
> > At least this is how I see it.
> >
> > Biraj
> >
> > Charles Willmarth wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
I like bulletin boards/forums, though I prefer forums that use
"vbulletin" software
(http://www.vbulletin.com/). But I do realize that hosting these
boards does require resources. Forums can be configured to alert you
by email that a new message has been posted and will provide a URL
directly to
Hi Ron,
Thanks for reading the Model Definition of Occupational Therapy
Practice for the AOTA Model Practice Act which was published in the
March 3, 2004 issue of OT practice and is available online at:
http://www.aota.org/members/area6/links/link92.asp?PLACE=/members/area6/links/link92.asp
(I'll
Ron,
Sorry to hear about your frustrations. To me the question is how to
bring about change.
For future practitioners it seems to me that education is the answer.
For current practitioners I think the focus should be through continuing
competence. The purpose of the Fund is to promote occupation
Ron,
There are certainly a number of places where occupation could be
emphasizedACOTE accreditation standards, certification exam,
fieldwork, AOTA's mission/vision statement, state licensure laws,
professional literature/document, practice guidelines, etc.
I'm afraid my point about continui
Hi Ron,
How about a forum for legislative/legal issues related to OT.
Chuck
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/02/04 7:28 PM >>>
With the recent loss of over 150 members from the OTnow list, I've
decided
to move to a bulletin board system.
The NEW OTnow bulletin board is available at www.otnow.com
Thought this was interesting.
http://www.aota.org/nonmembers/area1/links/link63.asp
AOTA Responds to Author's "Fire the OT" Statement
If you saw the "Today" show on Thursday February 24, you know writer
Judith Warner took a swipe at occupational therapy, recommending that
overs
Shellie,
You might consider using AOTA's professional development tool. The PDT
"facilitates the process of assessing individual learning needs and
interests, creating a professional development plan, and documenting
professional development activities."
http://www.aota.org/nonmembers/area15/
I was wondering the same thing.
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Ron,
I think you need to look at the full context of how "functional
limitations" is used the definition.
(B) Alleviating impairments, functional limitations,
or disabilities by designing, implementing, and modifying
therapeutic interventions that may include, but are not
limited to, the evaluati
Estelle you are absolutely right...and there are two direct access
issues. One is the ability to practice without referral (per your state
practice act). The second is the referral requirement estabilished by
payers including Medicare. As you know, APTA is pursing legislation to
allow direct acc
in my opinion, the term 'function' is vague
and
has no real meaning. I've heard therapists talk about function
with
regards to everything from how elbows do or don't work to how a
person
transfers. Unless "function" is further delineated, it's impossible
to
Shiela,
You raise a good point about strengthening the OT curriculum. The
ACOTE Accreditation Standards are currently being revised. I believe
that there will be another comment period later this year. Here is a
link to the latest draft standards document:
http://www.aota.org/nonmembers/area1
Ron,
Take a look at these two documents:
http://www.aota.org/members/area2/docs/scope.pdf
http://www.aota.org/members/area2/docs/otsp05.pdf
Do you think they help meet this need?
There is also some info on the promote OT webpage:
http://www.promoteot.org/CG_ConsumersGuide.html
http://www.promote
I'm a staff person with AOTA, my focus is on state issues, so I can't
address everything AOTA that comes up on this listserv.
>>> 1. In my experience, most OT's that do not practice according
to the
documents. In my experience, the VAST majority of OT's practice as
UE
PT's where the PRI
Jimmie,
Yes, we need to change the practice AND the perception.
Perhaps a list member would write an article for Advance for OT or OT
Practice about an occupational therapist working with patients with
lower extremity problems?
Chuck
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7/11/2005 2:21:44 PM >>>
Hey Chuc
Ron,
You have until midnight tonight. Plenty of time to get something into
the system.
http://www.aota.org/nonmembers/area28/index.asp
Chuck
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7/11/2005 4:36:43 PM >>>
I really want to do a case study for next year's AOTA conference on
a
person with LE lymphedema. Unfort
Low vision rehabilitation or occupational therapy with clients with low
vision?
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7/13/2005 7:31:26 AM >>>
Hello:
Is anyone doing low vision rehab?
Thanks,
Ron
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Ron,
Here is a blurb about the issue that will be in Monday's Scope report
re: the low vision issue. In terms of driving, yes, getting payment is
key.
Low Vision Services Protected by AOTA
The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) recently wrote to
the Centers for Medicare and Medica
Low vision rehabilitation or occupational therapy with clients with low
vision?
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7/13/2005 7:31:26 AM >>>
Hello:
Is anyone doing low vision rehab?
Thanks,
Ron
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Ron,
I spoke with Tara Alexandar in our reimbursement department about your
question:
My answer to this would be that if the therapist resides in a state
where they have direct access, then the therapist can conduct an
evaluation and provide a written report to the person without
jeopardizing the
How about something relating to the use of wound care in occupational
therapy? We are getting many challanges from payers and other providers
that wound care is not/should not be in the OT scope of practice.
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7/26/2005 2:23:10 PM >>>
Hello all. I am an MSOT student and I mu
ems with content. I sent
the email message below to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Chuck
*
TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FROM: Charles Willmarth
Subject: Definition of "occupational therapy"
To whom it may concern,
The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) is the
25/2005 9:51:49 AM
>>>
Charles Willmarth,
Thank you for correcting our definition of OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY.
I have revised the WordNet definition along the lines you recommend
and have made it a hyponym of THERAPY, not PHYSICAL THERAPY.
It may take some time before this correction appears
Ron,
Which local medicare intermediary?
Chuck
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/25/2005 11:11:24 AM >>>
After a LONG conversation with my local medicare intermediary, I
was
surprised and disappointed to learn that there is NO provider type
for
OT! My company is listed as Physical Therapy - pr
e,
select Medicare and scroll down to the section regarding LCDs.
Chuck
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/25/2005 11:28:56 AM >>>
Hello Chuck:
It's Florida which is First Coast Service Options:
www.floridamedicare.com
Ron
- Original Message -
From: Charles Wi
de for an OT in PP, but there is NOT
a
provider type for an OT. I am unsure if this is a FCSO 'problem' or
a
CMS problem.
By the way, you are great researcher.
Ron
----- Original Message -
From: Charles Willmarth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005
To: OTlist
ause First Coast denied payment for a wound care
procedure
simply because of my speciality. And come to find out, their
own
documentation conflicts because it supports payment for my provider
type
(i.e. PT) but not my speciality (i.e OT). They are unsure of what to
do
and I am confused as
Ron,
This doesn't make sense; the "FIRST COAST SERVICE OPTIONS
LOCAL COVERAGE DETERMINATION CODING GUIDELINES" (revised 1/1/05) state
that "Active wound care interventions as performend by physical
therapists, occupational therapists, and enterostomal therapy nurses are
reported by means of codes
Here is a recent AOTA Board Report regarding this topic.
FROM: Ad hoc Workgroup on Implementing Occupation based Practice
TOPIC: Implementing Occupation Based Practice
http://www.aota.org/members/area6/2005-bod/5.pdf
http://www.aota.org/members/area6/2005-bod/5a.pdf
http://www.aota.org/members/ar
Ron,
The House bill addresses the fee schedule issue by freezing rates at
2005 levels. The House bill stops the planned 4.4% cut.
"Also, adopting AOTA language, the bill recommends additional
"edits" in the Medicare payment system with the insertion of
AOTA's wording that any edits must be "cl
This detailed report was prepared by the AOTA Federal Affairs
Department.
A House/Senate conference committee reported out a compromise Budget
Reconciliation bill on December 18. The House voted to approve it on
December 19. At publication, the Senate has not voted on the bill.
Bo
Senate Agrees to House-Passed Bill with One-year Cap Solution; Still Work to be
Done
AOTA Language Improves Cap Solution in Conference Bill
The Senate passed the conference report on the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
(S. 1932) in a 51-50 vote, with the tie breaking vote cast by Vice-President
D
OT from being paid for wound care. According
to my most recent e-mail from them, the error has been corrected and the
claims should start paying.
A small victory for OT (the Other Therapy)
Ron
- Original Message -
From: Ron Carson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Ron,
It is important to note the context of the two quotes.
The AOTA quote was from an article about the legislation that would
have created exceptions to the cap.
(http://www.aota.org/nonmembers/area1/links/link340.asp)
The APTA quote
(http://www.apta.org/AM/Template.cfm?Template=/CM/HTMLDispla
Ron,
I'm not sure, I will pass on your question to our Federal Affair and PR staff
and have someone get back to you.
Here is a link to the full press release:
http://www.aota.org/nonmembers/area1/docs/010606pr.pdf
Chuck
>>> Ron Carson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Saturday, January 07, 2006 10:25:22
Ron,
I'm not a medical professional...but the inventor of Vaseline was the
first person to use it for wound care. Saw it on the history channel
the other night. Here's the Wikipedia entry:
"Before Chesebrough could try to sell it, he had to test it to see if
it really worked on cuts and burns
eat information, thanks Chuck.
One quick question, when you say to "search abstracts", are you
referring to an on-line source?
Ron
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Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006
To: OTlist@OTnow.com
Subj: [OT
Ron,
I hope that you will reconsider renewing your membership in AOTA and your state
association.
For $80/year, I think the Florida Occupational Therapy Association does quite a
bit for your dues.
http://www.flota.org/member.html
As you probably know, your dues go to support a lobbyist and an
csmithot,
I hope that you reconsider renewing your AOTA membership. And I hope
that your collegues renew as well. AOTA Membership is not a $225
magazine subscription, but rather a number of tangible and intangible
benefits.
As I noted in my last posting to the listserv, the profession is facin
Ron,
re: occupation based practice. I posted information about an ad hoc
group that looked at this topic. There is work to be done, no doubt.
I've pasted an excerpt from the executive summary below. The full
report is available online at:
http://www.aota.org/members/area6/2006-ra/pres2-B5a.pd
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Joe,
I think this idea poses a number of challanges. NBCOT, AOTA and state
OT boards have different missions. I am not sure how they could be
combined without creating conflicts of interest. You'll recall that
AOTCB (now NBCOT) was separated from AOTA in the mid-1980s as the result
of anti-tru
There is information about the home health issue on the Legislative
Action Center. The Legislative Action Center is used to contact your
members of Congress. It is available to members and non-members. I've
pasted background information and information about a bill we are
lobbying for to fix the
Ron,
I think the list needs a hot topic to start the discussion. I've got
one that could be interesting.
The Veterans Administration recently adopted a policy that cuts out OTs
from dysphagia care. AOTA is working on the issue...but what are
listmembers thoughts on the role of OTs in this are
David,
I think the first place might see something along these lines is in the
California Worker's Compensation system. According to "reforms"
enacted in the last couple of yearstreatment will only be paid for
if it is provided according to nationally recognized, peer reviewed
and
evidence
Members of the list:
Occupational therapy is actually mentioned in newspapers more than you might
think.
This can be illustrated through a quick search through Google news for the
phrase "occupational therapy"
http://news.google.com/news?svnum=10&hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&as_drrb=q&as_qdr=&as_min
Ron,
The debate about upper extremity and lower extremity is frustrating to
me. Language AOTA's model definition of OT practice does not divide up
the body, nor do state licensure laws which legally define the OT scope
of practice.We receive many scope of practice questions at AOTA and
publi
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
w
Ron,
OPTIMAL was created by APTA. This page has more info about OPTIMAL
http://www.apta.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Research&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=33241
See this update on AOTA's webpage about Transmittal 63:
http://www.aota.org/nonmembers/area1/links/link354.asp
Transmitta
I encourage all members to bring issues and concerns to AOTA.
A first step might be to contact AOTA's public relations staff to see
what AOTA is doing and what is in the works and the PR plan supports
efforts to realize the vision for 2017.
Contact: Rob Black, Senior Press Officer, 301-652-6611
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/09/01 09:34AM >>>
Goodmorning group,
I have recently made two postings to the group regarding US politics that will effect
the provision of OT services. The first was regarding a bill in Congress to mak OT a
qualifyier for home health services. The second was regardi
I was going to say that AOTA's Legislative Action Center can be used to compose
letters to Congress to support H.R. 2071, the Medicare Occupational Therapy Coverage
Eligibility Act of 2001.
Here's the link:
http://capwiz.com/aota/issues/alert/?alertid=16132&type=CO&azip=
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
Here is the "Definition of OT Practice for the AOTA Model Practice Act" as approved by
the RA in 1999.This definition was defined for use in state regulation.
Chuck
Definition of OT Practice for the AOTA Model Practice Act
(A) The "Practice of Occupational Therapy" means the therap
Ron,
I would just add that state OT associations and AOTA are closely monitoring PT chapter
efforts to inappropriately broaden the PT scope of practice.
PT concerns with OT bills have primarily focused on the issue of PAMs. Language has
been crafted to require that OTs get additional training
Ron,
Thanks for sending the quote from the article. It states:
"State OT associations, backed by their national association, continued their
campaign to limit a traditional area of physical therapy practice - ADL's
and self-care. OT organizations argue that PT's have recently entered these
sue?? I was under the impression that
all OT practice acts already included PAMS.
Ron
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On Monday, October 15, 2001, Charles Willmarth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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CW> Ron,
CW> I would just add that state OT associa
sue?? I was under the impression that
all OT practice acts already included PAMS.
Ron
<<<<< Original Message Follows >>>>>
On Monday, October 15, 2001, Charles Willmarth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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CW> Ron,
CW> I would just add that state OT associa
sue?? I was under the impression that
all OT practice acts already included PAMS.
Ron
<<<<< Original Message Follows >>>>>
On Monday, October 15, 2001, Charles Willmarth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
-
CW> Ron,
CW> I would just add that state OT associa
it something
that the entire list will benefit from and is it small enough to be posted
to the list?
If not, please sent it to me and I will forward it to anyone else who's
interested.
Thanks,
Ron
<<<<< Original Message Follows >>>>>
On Tuesday, October
issue. It is particularly
hot in KY right now.
<<< [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/15 7:38p >>>
Hello:
Thanks Chuck.
Are PAMS still an issue?? I was under the impression that
all OT practice acts already included PAMS.
Ron
<<<<< Original Message Follows >>>
Ron,
Thanks for highlighting the PT scope of practice issue in your newsletter. This year
alone we expect scope of practice legislation in Alabama, Indiana, Kansas,
Mississippi, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Vermont and the Virgin
Islands. Action in other states is anticipa
"3. PT's are changing their State Practice Acts to incorporate the above
guidelines. The Practice Acts provide language for what PT can legally
claim to do. Whether they can actually do it better than OT doesn't matter.
Once it's in their practice act they can legally claim expertise in the
area
Arizona is the only state that has the language in statute. That happened in 1998,
soon after the guide was released. It was before my time, I'm not sure there was a
full appreciation of the issue then.
The PT Regulatory Boards in NC and WV adopted rules through the administrative
process.
Protecting the OT scope of practice in state law is the top priority for AOTA's State
Affairs Group. We assist state OT association defend against encroachment as well as
make changes to their existing definition of OT practice in statute. In 1999 the
Representative Assembly adopted a revise
The Mississippi Governor signed legislation to create and independent PT board March
20. SB 2666 was signed March 20.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2002/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2666SG.htm
The definition of physical therapy was not amended. Last year the PTs introduced a
bill that am
Thanks for sharing with your list, Ron. BTW, you don't have to be a member to send an
email to your elected official (though of course we encourage AOTA membership) and it
only takes a second to send a message.
If you have a second, please log on to the AOTA website and fire off an email. The
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