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.APTA-South Carolina News
Hello APTA-SC members!
Payers, Payer Policies, Payer Administrative burden, and Payer plan variability continue to evolve and change with lasting impact on our reimbursement. As we explore opportunities where we can make the most impact, The Payment Policy Committee wants to ensure we are focusing our time and effort on the concerns that are most pressing to our members across all Physical Therapy Settings.
Please take a few minutes to take this survey so that we can better understand your perspective and the challenges most affecting your practice setting. This survey will close August 2, 2021.
We would also like to enlarge our committee with emphasis on representation from all practice settings and ask that you include your contact information if you would be willing to help us plan and work toward objectives that will positively impact you, your practice and your colleagues State-wide! The time commitment is 2-3 virtual meetings a year and any actionable tasks we choose to take on as a committee.
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Call for Volunteers
APTA South Carolina is seeking additional volunteers for the following Committees: Membership, Payment & Policy, D.E.I., & Research in the area of Orthopedics. Anyone interested should reach out to Kelly@aptasc.org.
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.HEALTH PROMOTION AND WELLNESS
Effects of light on human circadian rhythms, sleep and mood
Somnologie
Humans live in a 24-hour environment, in which light and darkness follow a diurnal pattern. Our circadian pacemaker, the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) in the hypothalamus, is entrained to the 24-hour solar day via a pathway from the retina and synchronises our internal biological rhythms. Rhythmic variations in ambient illumination impact behaviours such as rest during sleep and activity during wakefulness as well as their underlying biological processes. Rather recently, the availability of artificial light has substantially changed the light environment, especially during evening and night hours.
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.INDUSTRY NEWS
APTA's PT Moves Me campaign: Spreading the word about the profession
APTA
As the physical therapy profession enters its second century, APTA is doing its part to nurture the generations of PTs and PTAs that will shape its future — particularly the ones who've never considered a career in physical therapy before.
Called "PT Moves Me," the national campaign began just this year but already has notched up some significant achievements in its efforts to get the word out about the physical therapy profession to young people considering their career options, from elementary to college students.
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A new radical maneuver for skateboarders: Going to physical therapy
The New York Times
For the past three and a half years, Zion Wright, an Olympic-bound skateboarder, has been very serious about his training.
He eats right. He does strength training, cardio and physical therapy. Post-skate, he focuses on recovery: foam rolling, stretching, rehabbing. It’s befitting of an Olympic athlete. But the fact that he’s so open about his routine signifies a recent, radical shift in skateboarding — an activity that previous generations refused to even call a sport.
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4 things patients look for in a physical therapy website
Practice Promotions
Congratulations! You’ve done the hard work of getting discovered online: improving your SEO, making sure you’re on Google My Business and Google Maps, and maybe even running Google Ads.
But now that a patient is finally on your site, you only have a few seconds to prove that you are the best solution for their pain. What if you could attract more new patients by making these 4 simple changes?
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Business school 101 for physical therapy: Negotiation strategies
NetHealth
If you own or manage a physical therapy business, you negotiate – a lot. And it’s not just traditional contracts or formal agreements you have to reach terms on. You’re negotiating essentially everything that has a desired outcome. Whether discussing price with a vendor, compensation with an employee, or lease terms with your landlord, you’re negotiating!
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2022 proposed rule overview for PTs, OTs, and SLPs
WebPT
It’s time to shake things up a bit! Or at least, CMS says it’s time to shake things up a bit. Every year, roughly six months in, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services releases its proposed regulatory and payment changes for the following year. True to form, CMS released its 2022 proposed rule this week, and it’s chock full of information that rehab therapists need to know. But rather than asking y’all to read through all 1700 doggone pages of proposals, we read through it for you. And to make this info even more approachable, we’ve wrapped it up in lingo that’s a little friendlier than normal—and dare we say cuter?
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Blood flow restriction, beyond just muscle
APTA
Once a novel treatment, blood flow restriction, or BFR, has rapidly become a standard of practice across clinics, health care systems, and professional and collegiate sports. BFR involves the application of a tourniquet cuff to the proximal portion of an extremity to partially restrict arterial blood flow.
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'I almost didn't believe it.' NJ physical therapist invited to work at Olympics in Tokyo
MyCentralJersey.com
Edison Au was hoping to make the Olympic team.
After all, he built an impressive resume through the years. The World University Games. The Pan American Games. A slew of other national and international competitions.
Still, the deadline was approaching for spots and the Warren resident had all but given up hope. Then a surprise email came four weeks ago with the good news – Au would indeed be heading to Tokyo after a slot opened.
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Physical therapists in high demand for employees working from home
KITV
Stiff necks, back aches and shoulder pain are recurring ailments among many people now working from home.
These lifestyle changes, due to COVID-19 restrictions, has created a surge in demand for physical therapists.
"We got a huge demand for physical therapy services like probably 30 to 50 percent more requests," said Jaco Van Delden, owner of Jaco Rehab. "There were tons of people that came with ... we call them like sedentary injuries, you know like people that's sitting for a long period of time in a bad position ... they've got like posture injuries right and they can be pretty bad."
Van Delden said if people aren't attentive the injuries can result in bigger problems.
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Physical therapy referrals for systemic sclerosis underused in primary care
Healio
There is a “large variability” in the use of physical therapy for systemic sclerosis, and patients who do receive it are rarely treated for hand or oral dysfunction, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.
In addition, the researchers found that 39% of patients with SSc who did not receive physical therapy reported that they were not aware of it as a treatment option, or were not referred.
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