Re: Rantings on Licensure
Tony Barr
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Title:
Re: Rantings on Licensure
Creator:
Tony Barr
Date:
4/13/2006
Text:
I talked about Licensure- they did not care. Unless it would affect that
THEY would not be able to bill directly for that Bledsoe their PT put on a
patient they did not care.Getting licensure is truly not enough.
Forwarded On behalf and with his permission , Richard Kaderli amputee
Ukiah, CA writes:
Tony, et al.,
I can look at this somewhat objectively. I had my first shock as an amputee
when I found out that prosthetists weren't train in medical practices at all
yet were fitting medical devices onto my body in a medical type setting. I
can not see how a medical biller or medical assistant needs more medical
background training than an unlicensed prosthetist. I am not buying
furniture when I get a wooden leg (figure of speech), why would I go to
tinker?
But as an educator, I have seen how politics and regulatory commissions turn
the road paved with good intentions into a funding source and eventually
goldmine (or at least a position of consultancy and big fees).
It is a shame that what is essentially a socialist ideal--equal public
education or equal quality provided health care, should be spun on a
capitalistic business model. These disparate concerns should not be
unleashed on the amputee who may well be in a newly disabled and vulnerable
position. So in light of who is the most vulnerable, I say let's error in
favor of that side and regulate and license the O&P, warranted or not.
THEY would not be able to bill directly for that Bledsoe their PT put on a
patient they did not care.Getting licensure is truly not enough.
Forwarded On behalf and with his permission , Richard Kaderli amputee
Ukiah, CA writes:
Tony, et al.,
I can look at this somewhat objectively. I had my first shock as an amputee
when I found out that prosthetists weren't train in medical practices at all
yet were fitting medical devices onto my body in a medical type setting. I
can not see how a medical biller or medical assistant needs more medical
background training than an unlicensed prosthetist. I am not buying
furniture when I get a wooden leg (figure of speech), why would I go to
tinker?
But as an educator, I have seen how politics and regulatory commissions turn
the road paved with good intentions into a funding source and eventually
goldmine (or at least a position of consultancy and big fees).
It is a shame that what is essentially a socialist ideal--equal public
education or equal quality provided health care, should be spun on a
capitalistic business model. These disparate concerns should not be
unleashed on the amputee who may well be in a newly disabled and vulnerable
position. So in light of who is the most vulnerable, I say let's error in
favor of that side and regulate and license the O&P, warranted or not.
Citation
Tony Barr, “Re: Rantings on Licensure,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 24, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/226685.
