Medicare: Don’t Play Games with Patient Access to Physical Therapy
Do you remember playing Chutes and Ladders as a kid? Just when it seemed like you finally made some progress toward the finish line, you suddenly slipped down a chute and ended up back in the beginning. Nothing was more frustrating! For many physical therapists, it seems like they are playing this game all over…
Physical Therapists Score Policy Win in Ohio
Earlier this year, a proposal by the Ohio Board of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) created concern throughout the physical therapy community because it proposed interrupting the flow of care for patients by imposing unnecessary new burdens for documenting services. The proposed provision in BWC’s physical therapy billing policy would have created excessive documentation requirements, distracting physical…