The Future of Payment Policy in Physical Therapy : .8 CEU's Online Training
How to comply, survive, and thrive in this rapidly changing healthcare environment.
CEU: 0.8 CEUs (8.0 contact hours/CCUs) will be awarded upon successful completion of a multiple choice test. You must complete the online post-test with at least 70% accuracy in order to claim CEU credit.
Course Level: Intermediate
Delivery Method: Webinar
This MPTA educational series is a great way for you to receive up to date information on payment trends across the state.
Presentations were recorded at the MPTA Payment conference in Kansas City, Missouri Spring of 2014 and include audio/video as well as powerpoint presentation. This learning series will be available to you indefinitely via streaming.
Physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, and administrators who are responsible for compliance, billing, and coding need to attend this course to learn the best ways to respond to current and changing payment policy in the outpatient setting.
Course Description:
The Affordable Care Act (“health care reform”), combined with state-driven efforts, is transforming the delivery of health care. Likewise, commercial payers have adopted quality-based payment methods to reduce costs through payment models that shift a larger percentage of financial risk onto the shoulders of providers. These new payment methods will have a considerable impact on physical therapists now and into the future. This symposium will provide a progress report on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, including trends by Medicare and commercial payers to contain costs through bundled payment arrangements and quality initiatives, as well as APTA’s initiative to implement an alternative payment system transitioning away from traditional fee-for-services payment models and embracing new approaches that emphasize the quality of care.
Objectives:
1. Identify pending changes to rehabilitation policy in health care reform and their impact on practice and payment.
2. Describe the potential impact of emerging policies in health care reform on delivery system reform, including opportunities to advance rehabilitation and potential threats to rehabilitation.
3. Identify 3 trends in commercial payment policies and potential opportunities for physical therapists.
4. Identify 3 policies that physical therapists can utilize to demonstrate value in their clinics, communities, with payers, and their patients.
5. Analyze the contemporary issues surrounding the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and its impact on physical therapy.
6. Discuss elements of payment reform and how these systems advance physical therapy practice.
7. Discuss quality initiatives and their impact on physical therapy by setting of care delivery.
8. Identify 3 efforts physical therapists can take to reduce and eliminate fraud and abuse in health care.
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