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| CMS is accepting comments on the proposed changes to reimbursement
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CMS is accepting comments on the proposed changes to reimbursement, including 10% decreased reimbursement when outpatient services are rendered by a PTA as well as the enforcement of the MIPS system – which will decrease general outpatient therapy reimbursement as well. These comments can be submitted until Sept. 27, 2019 – however, the quicker these comments are submitted the better.
The Funding Early Childhood is the Right IDEA Act (H.R. 4107) has been introduced in Congress, which would restore full funding to the for education and services for the early childhood state grant programs under the IDEA act.
Legislation is expected to come into play at the end of September regarding Telehealth services rendered by PTs. Stay tuned to see what the legislation entails for the future of healthcare!
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 ( Tristan@vertexpt.com).
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Healthy Eating Research
Research shows that what children drink – from birth through age 5 – can have a big impact on their health, as beverages make a significant contribution to dietary intake during this period. However, with so many choices available in the marketplace, it can be confusing for parents and caregivers to know which drinks are healthy and which ones to avoid.
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, emergency departments treat 3 million older adults for falls each year. More than 800,000 patients are hospitalized after a fall, approximately 20% of falls result in serious injuries, and falls are the second leading cause of accidental or unintentional injury deaths worldwide.
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PT in Motion
National Physical Therapy Month (NPTM) is just around the corner. Are you ready?
October is the profession's opportunity to amplify and promote the benefits of physical therapy, and APTA is here to help you get the message out.
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Covalent Careers
While some of the changes in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2020 are positive, they also include what amounts to a proposed cut of 8% to physical and occupational therapy services. Join the APTA in submitting your comments to CMS before September 27th, 2019.
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PPS Impact
Physical therapy practices frequently encounter significant obstacles to success.
Serious problems with serious consequences: reduced profitability, poor morale, frequent turnover, and more. Over the years, our team has discovered three common barriers that keep clinic managers and owners from achieving their potential: revenue shortfalls, staffing, and compliance and billing.
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PT Products Online
A team of researchers with the Cumming School of Medicine’s Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) and Stanford University have been investigating which brain circuits are changed by injury in order to develop targeted therapies to reset the brain to stop chronic pain.
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InTouch PT
Individuals who have dizziness from cervical origin typically have several general symptoms, including neck pain, balance impairment including unsteadiness, lightheadiness and drunkeness. Types of patients with this condition range from the elderly with cervical arthritis (slow onset of symptoms) to status-post mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) following a concussion or whiplash (fast onset of symptoms).
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PT in Motion
Pain is complicated, and effectively addressing it requires open communication and a true partnership between providers and patients. Sarah Wenger, PT, DPT, believes that physical therapy can support just that type of relationship, and she took that message to TV and radio stations across the United States as part of a recent APTA satellite media tour.
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HealthDay News via Physician's Weekly
In women with mixed urinary incontinence, symptom reduction is significantly greater when behavioral and pelvic floor muscle therapy is combined with midurethral sling surgery compared with surgery alone, but the difference may not be clinically important, according to a study published in the Sept. 17 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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WebPT
Last July, we covered updated guidance on X modifier use from the Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services (CMS). As WebPT’s Erica McDermott explains, “beginning July 1, 2019, CMS will unbundle NCCI edit pairs when providers attach the appropriate modifier (59, XE, XS, XP, or XU) to either the first-column or second-column code (assuming, of course, that the situation warrants the use of one of these modifiers).”
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