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Contact your Congress representative! The SMART Act would delay implementation, spare rural and underserved areas, and relieve PTA supervision burdens. There could be a temporary reprieve in the works for the startup of the PTA payment differential — and a possible exemption for rural and underserved areas — thanks to a bipartisan bill introduced in […]

An important code that is used frequently by physical therapists will no longer be available after September. New and revised ICD-10 updates are effective 10/1/2021. Effective 10/1/2021: M54.5 – Low Back Pain will no longer be allowed. Instead, ICD-10 will require the use of more specific codes, such as the following: ·        S39.012: Low back strain ·        M51.2:

The PT Advisory Committee of BCBS is meeting next month with BCBS. If there is an issue that you would Iike the Committee to address, please reach out to one of the Committee Members listed below by Oct 5, 2021. Committee Ellen Strunk: Ellen@RehabResourcesAndConsulting.com Doug Cole: dcole@therapysouth.net Jonathan Zecher: jozecher@gmail.com Sidney Scarborough: sidscarborough@gmail.com

Congratulations to the officers elected during the 2021 Virtual Fall Conference. APTA Alabama THANKS YOU FOR SERVING!

Congratulations to this year’s award winners!

We are now taking nominations for Chapter Offices and APTA Alabama Awards. Consider nominating a colleague!

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On November 1, 2020, CMS finalized its rule for the 2021 Physician Fee Schedule and Year 5 of the Quality Payment Program (QPP). The rule becomes effective on January 1, 2021. The rule includes changes to the value of CPT codes billed by therapists, changes to the delivery of telehealth and telecommunication services, changes to

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The Blue Cross Blue Shield Physical Therapy Advisory Committee (PTAC) held its regularly scheduled meeting yesterday.