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VT APTA Chapter Awards - Call for Nominations

Honor a fellow colleague - click here to learn more about nominating for 2012. Due Feb. 28, 2012

December 16, 2011 Medicaid Banner Page

Change in Implementation of Earlier Oversight for Outpatient Pediatric Rehabilitative Therapies
Effective December 9, 2011, the requirement for earlier oversight (greater than 8 visits) for outpatient pediatric rehabilitative therapies per Emergency Rule AHS Bulletin 11‐11/Secretary of State ID# 11‐E09 will be suspended pending formal approval of regular rule change by the legislature. Refer to current Rule 7317 for Rehabilitation Therapy Services. Providers are encouraged to consider continuing to submit requests for medical necessity review sooner than the 4 month requirement date on a voluntary basis. Earlier review by DVHA will help providers to:

Receive earlier guidance regarding medically necessary evidence based practice
Receive earlier assistance regarding Medicaid regulation and procedures
Avoid recoupments that would otherwise be generated through the retroactive utilization review process

DVHA will continue to work through the rulemaking process, with the anticipated approval of the rule change within the next several months. For clinical assistance and support, please contact Susan Mason at 802 879‐6396 or susan.mason@state.vt.us.

Proposed Provider Tax (1/20/12)

The Vermont State Legislature held a hearing this week on the proposed expansion of the medical provider tax. The Administration will not/is not proposing to expand the provider tax to new class of providers which would've included physical therapy.

This is great news for all PT's. Thank you to all VTAPTA members who contacted legislators regarding this bill.

VT APTA's Jeff Berry Highlighted in Perspectives

VT APTA Board Member Jeff Berry was interviewed recently for APTA's publication Perspectives on the value of networking through APTA. Perspectives is aimed at PTs and PTAs in the first five years of their careers. Congratulations to Jeff and thanks from all of VT APTA for all that you do for the organization. To read Jeff's quote, click here. If you'd like to see the entire issue, please log in to APTA's members only section at www.apta.org.

Welcome to VT APTA's Virtual Headquarters

The VT APTA is excited to launch its new online presence at www.vtapta.org. As health care continues to be a the forefront of national policy debate and all forms of providers face new challenges in their clinical settings, we hope you'll find the VT APTA virtual office a regular place for you to visit for information critical to your professional practice.

Please check here for:

Chapter News
Meeting Schedules
Features on Vermont PTs and their practices
Links to National events
Ads for services and events of other Associations
Our new Career Center with local and national job listings

Aimed at supporting physical therapists, physical therapists assistants and those involved with the delivery of physical therapy, please let us know if you see something missing that would be helpful. We want to be your everyday resource. You can always reach us at vtapta@leahymg.com.