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The APTA submitted comments to the Rural and Underserved Communities Health
Task Force to assist in creating bipartisan legislation to improve healthcare in
underserved communities. These comments regarded telehealth, the National
Health Service Corp Loan Repayment Program, elimination of prior authorization
and copayments, and removing other such barriers to nonpharmacological
interventions. These comments also included concerns about how the proposed fee
schedule cuts will affect underserved and rural communities. If you have any
questions about the above information, or how to get involved with federal advocacy
for the physical therapy profession, please reach out to Tristan Faile at tristan@vertexpt.com.
SCAPTA is now accepting nominations for 2020 for the following elected positions: Vice President, Board of Directors, Delegates, Nominating Committee. Position descriptions and the number to be elected are listed in the submission form. If you would like to nominate someone or yourself for one of the positions, please fill out and submit the form linked below. All questions should be directed to Shari Tanner at sharitanner@bellsouth.net with SouthCarolina@apta.org copied on the email.
Deadline for Call for Nominations is Friday, January 24, 2020.
SCAPTA 2020 Call for Nominations
Register now to attend the 2020 SCAPTA Annual Conference on March 20 – 21, 2020 at The Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC. Attendees can chose from one or two day conference options. Early Bird registration expires March 6. Register today!
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Consider submitting a poster to present at the 2020 South Carolina Physical Therapy Association’s annual conference. This year, we are continuing the recent move to use the electronic format called a 5x5 presentation. Research presentations will be considered in the areas of orthopedics and neurology / neurorehabilitation. Deadline for submissions: Feb. 2. Submit now
APTA
A new year is bringing many new changes with Medicare. Click here to see what 2020 will bring related to the Quality Payment Program, Medicare physician fee schedule, and postacute care payment.
| | HEALTH PROMOTION AND WELLNESS |
PLOS Medicine
Poor diet is a leading risk factor for cardiometabolic disease (CMD) in the United States, but its economic costs are unknown. We sought to estimate the cost associated with suboptimal diet in the US.
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Journal of Clinical Oncology
Objective of this study is to determine whether recommended amounts of leisure-time physical activity (ie, 7.5-15 metabolic equivalent task [MET] hours/week) are associated with lower cancer risk, describe the shape of the dose-response relationship, and explore associations with moderate- and vigorous-intensity physical activity.
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PT in Motion
The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled an unwelcome New Year's Day surprise for outpatient therapy providers, including private practitioners and facility-based settings, when it announced it will no longer allow two frequently used therapy billing codes to be used in combination with evaluation codes.
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WebPT
New Year’s is a time to celebrate transformation and positive change—and for that, it’s one of my favorite holidays. Not only are you celebrating the year that’s gone past—from your best moments to your trickiest trials—but you’re also celebrating the year that’s about to come. It’s a time for new beginnings, and it’s the perfect moment to evaluate your life’s trajectory and adjust course.
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Evidence in Motion
Heidi Jannenga writes: We’re on the cusp of ushering in an entirely new decade—and hopefully, a new era for the physical therapy industry. With that in mind, let’s take a look at some of the top trends that I predict are going to take center stage in the coming year.
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PT in Motion
It's back: APTA's members-only Medicare physician fee schedule calculator for 2020 is live.
This year's calculator incorporates the 50% multiple procedure payment reduction (MPPR) as well as the overall 2% cut to Medicare payments implemented through sequestration.
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PT Transforms
Myth: The PTA payment differential system is unprecedented, and CMS is solely responsible.
Although the planned payment differential system is problematic to say the least, it wasn't CMS' idea, and physical therapy isn't alone.
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PT in Motion
Few would argue that health care in the United States has experienced significant change over the past few years—but do those changes require a new look at practice models for physical therapists (PTs)? That's the question at the heart of an event cosponsored by APTA and Arcadia University set for the evening of January 9, 2020, 6:00 pm–9:00 pm ET.
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Physical Therapy Journal
Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) is comprised of a set of techniques shown to produce significant changes in upper extremity (UE) function following stroke and other disorders. The significant positive results obtained with the UE protocol has led to the development of LE-CIMT, an intervention to improve lower extremity (LE) function.
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BetterPT
Physical therapy continues to be a growing field with a positive outlook as a career path. It is a $30 billion industry with a projected 30% job growth over the next 10 years. This expansion is due to an increase in sedentary lifestyles, an aging population, steady growth in employment and early specialization in sports.
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