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Originally posted on: 2014-02-11 The problem: In October 2013 the Alabama Board of Physical Therapy adopted a new rule requiring ALL continuing education courses and activities be reviewed by ProCert. Mandating ProCert as the sole source provider for course approval potentially severely restricts licensees’ access to a wide range of high-quality continuing education opportunities. The restrictions […]

Originally posted on:2014-02-05 ALABAMA PHYSICAL THERAPY LICENSING BOARD RULE CHANGE REGARDING CONTINUING COMPETENCY   On Tuesday, January 14, 2014, The AL Board of PT passed a rule change offered by The Alabama Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association. The Chapter has been communicating with members in recent months regarding the Board of Physical Therapy rule

Originally posted on:2013-12-31 The Medicare therapy cap exceptions process expires on December 31, 2013. Without Congressional action, patients could be faced with a hard cap on outpatient therapy services in 2014. APTA and the Therapy Cap Coalition, a group of almost 50 associations, organizations, patient and consumer groups, are working together to prevent a hard

Recently the Alabama Board of PT Licensure passed a rule that authorized only one certifying agency for all continuing education acceptable to meet licensing requirements; that agency is “ProCert”, which is a program from the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT). ALAPTA expressed concern (written and verbally) for three primary reasons: The rule

Originally posted:2013-09-09 The September issue of Perspectives, APTA’s magazine for PTs and PTAs in the first 5 years of their careers, has hit the streets. This latest issue includes a story about educating payers on the value of PTA services and a primer about how motions become policy through the APTA House of Delegates process,

Originally posted on: 2013-08-29 The Marilyn Gossman Professionalism in Physical Therapy Award – Barbara Bradford, PT, MPH Government Affairs Award – Steve Foster, PT Physical Therapy Advocate Award – Valley McCurry-Osborne, OTR/L and Chris Eidson, OTR/L

Originally posted: 2013-08-29 Congratulations to those recently elected at the 2013 ALAPTA Fall Conference. Congratulations to those recently elected at the 2013 ALAPTA Fall Conference. Vice President – Dennis Fell, PT, MD Secretary – Heather Wells, PT, DPT Treasurer – Heather Mount, PT, DSc, certMDT, OCS Delegate – Elizabeth Kavanagh, PT Delegate – Bill Ogard, PT,

Originally posted on:2013-01-29 On January 1, 2013, Congress passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (HR 8), which includes an increase in the multiple procedure payment reduction (MPPR) policy that applies to the practice expense portion of therapy codes. Currently set at 20% in private practice and 25% in facilities, the legislation includes a provision that raises the

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Originally posted on: 2013-01-03 Unfortunately the New Year did not bring answers to many of the serious and looming questions that face our profession regarding payment and Medicare benefits. Early this morning, the US Senate passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. The legislation included three Medicare provisions important to the profession: Aversion of the