To all APTA Georgia members,
The following is our regularly scheduled edition of Perspectives, containing news and additional resources from APTA and APTA Georgia, as of June 3, 2022.
Please be sure to reference the APTA Website, APTA Georgia website, and our previous updates for further information.
In this email message, you will find that we have highlighted the following:
APTA GEORGIA: NOTEWORTHY NEWS
- Minority Scholarship Award Winner: Michelle Dennis
- Neurology Symposium
- 2023 PT Day at the Capitol
APTA GEORGIA: UPCOMING EVENTS AND COURSES
- Maternal Health Webinar
- APHPT Nutritional Webinar
- GFPT PT Cup
APTA NATIONAL: NEWS AND INVOLVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
- Federal Advocacy Update
- Lynda D. Woodruff Lecture
- House of Delegates
We greatly appreciate your membership and work on behalf of our clients and our profession. If you should have any questions, or would like to suggest additional resources, feel free to contact me at ktadins22@gmail.com or the APTA Georgia Executive Office at info@aptageorgia.org.
Sincerely,
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K. Taylor Adkins, PT, DPT
Secretary, APTA Georgia
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APTA GEORGIA: NOTEWORTHY NEWS |
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Minority Scholarship Award
APTA Georgia is proud to announce Ms. Michelle Dennis, SPT from Mercer University, is the recipient of the Minority Scholarship Award. Ms. Dennis will be recognized at a ceremony and reception hosted by the PT Fund on Sunday, Aug. 14th, in Washington D.C. at the Omni Shoreham Hotel. The Honors and Awards Ceremony will immediately follow the 27th John H.P. Maley Lecture beginning at 7pm E.T Ballroom. The event will be live streamed for those not attending the ceremony.
Congratulations to Ms. Michelle Dennis!
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Neurology Symposium
The 7thAnnual Neurology Symposium on Concussion Management will be held on October 15, 2022 from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm. The symposium will be held virtually. Stay up to date on speakers and registration information via the APTA Georgia website and Perspectives.
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2023 PT Day at the Capitol
The 2023 PT Day at the Capitol date is already slated! Please mark your calendars for February 28, 2023 for another great day at the Gold Dome!
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Maternal Health Education: What’s Missing? Webinar
APTA Georgia’s Dr. Katherine Sylvester and Dr. Jessica Thompson will be presenting a free educational webinar for APTA’s Academy of Pelvic Health Physical Therapy on the missing components of maternal health education on June 18, 2022 from 12pm to 1pm.
To find out more information and access the webinar, click here.
Drs. Sylvester and Thompson are the founders of Operation MIST, an organization with the mission of serving and saving mothers throughout the pregnancy journey, from preconception to a year postpartum.
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APHPT Nutritional Webinar
Save the Date! The Academy of Prevention and Health Promotion Therapies (APHPT), a collaborative partner of APTA Georgia, will present a Nutrition webinar July 15th, 12pm-1pm. The webinar will include a discussion of the following topics: Brief intro to the elements: Move, Fuel, Recover, Endure, Connect and how they influence one another; Current evidence in inflammatory conditions and plant based eating; How to have a conversation about food with a patient/client.
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Inaugural GFPT PT Cup Fundraiser
The Georgia Foundation for Physical Therapy (GFPT) is excited to announce the date of their Inaugural PT Cup Fundraiser, Monday, October 17, 2022, at the Country Club of the South, 4100 Old Alabama Rd, Johns Creek, GA 30022.
For questions about registration, please contact Kathy Rhodes, info@gfptonline.org or 770-435-5287
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Federal Advocacy Update
Prior Authorization: In its April 2022 report titled “Some Medicare Advantage Organization Denials of Prior Authorization Requests Raise Concerns About Beneficiary Access to Medically Necessary Care,” the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that 13% of prior authorizations denied in a one-week period analyzed by the office met Medicare coverage rules and 18% of denied payments during that week also met those requirements. OIG looked at a random sample of denials during a week in June 2019 from 15 of the largest Medicare Advantage Organizations to estimate the rate of prior authorization denials and payment denials that met Medicare coverage rules. The report also found that Medicare Advantage (MA) plans denied the prior authorization requests in many cases by applying plan clinical criteria not required by Medicare. Additionally, OIG found that 18% of pay denials were for claims that met Medicare coverage rules and MA plan billing rules, “which delayed or prevented payments for services that providers had already delivered.” The report also notes that MA plans denied payments to providers because of human error during manual reviews or inaccurate programming of claims processing systems. Among the denied requests for prior authorizations and payments that met Medicare coverage rules and MAO (Medicare Advantage Organizations) billing rules, OIG said imaging services, stays in post-acute facilities and injections were three prominent service types. OIG recommends that CMS issue new guidance on the appropriate use of MA plan clinical criteria in medical necessity reviews; update the agency’s audit protocols to deal with the issues identified in the report, such as MA plans’ use of clinical criteria, to take steps to identify and fix vulnerabilities that can lead to manual review error and system errors. CMS agreed with all three recommendations.
The report has highlighted the APTA-endorsed Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act (H.R. 3171/S. 3018) which aims to address prior authorization under MA plans. Reps. Suzan DelBane (D-WA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Ami Bera (D-CA) and Larry Bucshon (R-IN), who are sponsors of the bill, called the OIG report scathing, and say it “underscores the need for reforms in the current prior authorization system.”
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Lynda D. Woodruff Lecture Series
Lisa VanHoose, PT, PhD, MPH, fellow of the American Academy of Physical Therapy and Catherine Worthingham fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association, will deliver the third Lynda D. Woodruff Lecture on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Physical Therapy on June 16, 2022, at 6 p.m. ET.
Immediately following the virtual lecture, a live panel discussion will feature:
- Julian Magee, PT, DPT, ATC (moderator), inaugural assistant director of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, and assistant professor, Program in Physical Therapy, Washington University, in St. Louis, Missouri.
- Emmanuel B. John, PT, DPT, PhD, MBA, MPH, associate professor and chair, Department of Physical Therapy, Chapman University, in Irvine, California.
- Tim Vidale, PT, DPT, MBA, CEO of Momentous Sports Medicine in Washington, D.C.
- Adrienne N. Pinckney, PT, DPT, PhD, associate director of clinical education and assistant professor of instruction, Department of Physical Therapy, University of Delaware, in Newark.
The Lynda D. Woodruff Lecture is cosponsored by the Physical Therapy Learning Institute, American Academy of Physical Therapy, National Association of Black Physical Therapists, American Council of Academic Physical Therapy, the APTA Academy of Education, and APTA. This lecture is held annually around Juneteenth.
There is no fee to watch the lecture and no registration required. However, the cosponsoring organizations ask that viewers donate at least $10 to one of the following:
More information can be found on APTA.org:
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House of Delegates
House of Delegates will be held virtually and in person this year on July 30 and August 13-15, respectively. More information can be found on the APTA HOD page. The page features links to the current, standing rules, the community HUB and a way to locate your delegates.
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