Qualified Providers
Bernard Hewey
Description
Collection
Title:
Qualified Providers
Creator:
Bernard Hewey
Date:
1/3/2001
Text:
Well Happy New Year!
For all of you who didn't make any resolutions here's one that all P&O
professionals have to make and keep:
REVERSE the Qualified Provider Legislation that is buried in the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001(HR 4577). Here's an excerpt from
AOPA's own web site:
* The qualified provider language � Limits access to prosthetic and custom
fabricated orthotic Medicare payments to �qualified practitioners� (ABC,
BOC, and qualified PTs and OTs) and/or �qualified suppliers� (ABC and BOC
accredited facilities). This is the proposal that OPLAN members have worked
so hard on. Thanks to all of you for all your persistence and
determination.*
A qualified PT or OT is someone who satisfies Medicare definitions - a
licensed PT or OT - without any P&O educational requirements.
What I would like to know is:
- who were the OPLAN members involved with this proposal
- what were the arguments by the APTA and AOTA for exclusion
from the certification/educational requirements
- why would ANY P&O professional sign off on language that
dismisses the educational and clinical standards fought for
by so many in return for tepid support for legislation that
offers short-term relief at the risk of rendering the true
P&O professional superfluous.
Bernard Hewey, C.O., L.O.
For all of you who didn't make any resolutions here's one that all P&O
professionals have to make and keep:
REVERSE the Qualified Provider Legislation that is buried in the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001(HR 4577). Here's an excerpt from
AOPA's own web site:
* The qualified provider language � Limits access to prosthetic and custom
fabricated orthotic Medicare payments to �qualified practitioners� (ABC,
BOC, and qualified PTs and OTs) and/or �qualified suppliers� (ABC and BOC
accredited facilities). This is the proposal that OPLAN members have worked
so hard on. Thanks to all of you for all your persistence and
determination.*
A qualified PT or OT is someone who satisfies Medicare definitions - a
licensed PT or OT - without any P&O educational requirements.
What I would like to know is:
- who were the OPLAN members involved with this proposal
- what were the arguments by the APTA and AOTA for exclusion
from the certification/educational requirements
- why would ANY P&O professional sign off on language that
dismisses the educational and clinical standards fought for
by so many in return for tepid support for legislation that
offers short-term relief at the risk of rendering the true
P&O professional superfluous.
Bernard Hewey, C.O., L.O.
Citation
Bernard Hewey, “Qualified Providers,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/215768.
