Kansas Physical Therapy Association

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Medicare Fee Schedule

The President's signature temporarily suspends for 2 months the 21.9% Medicare physician fee schedule payment cut that was to be implemented on January 1, 2010. This will hold the conversion factor at 2009 levels through February 28, 2010. Language was not included to extend the therapy cap exceptions process or rural payment floor update.
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Quick Reference on Medicare Policy and Health Care Reform updates

APTA Advocacy and Gov't Affairs Info

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APTA responds to Jan. 6 New York Times Article, "Treat Me, but No tricks Please"
Read response from Scott Ward here

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The APTA strongly supports Health Care Reform. The following links will provide background info and an overview of current actions to help you stay abreast of the nations efforts.

Health Care Reform Podcast 12/22/2009

APTA Health Care Reform Resource Center

Calendar:

February 2, 2010
KPTA Executive Committee Meeting

February 3, 2010
KPTA Legislative Day

February 3, 2010
KPTA Board of Directors Meeting

April 8-10, 2010
KPTA Spring Conference
Hilton Wichita Airport

October 1-3, 2010
KPTA Fall Conference
Prairie Brand Casino
Mayetta, Kansas

Approved Class List

As a service to KPTA members, we will be posting lists of continuing education courses that have been reviewed and pre-approved for credit by the KPTA Continuing Education Committee.

Since the sponsors of these courses have had their educational opportunities pre-approved, the amount of paperwork you need to complete to receive credit for the course will be significantly reduced. If you attend/complete a course that is included in this list and you have paid the CEU tracking fee, all you need to do is make sure you sign the attendance roster when you attend the course. The sponsor is then supposed to send a complete list of course attendees directly to the KPTA office for posting in our CEU database.

To search the approved classes list simply enter any information about the course (e.g., one or more keywords from the title of the course) and click the "Get Report" button. All entries containing that keyword will be returned. For example, entering "ankle" will return all records containing the word "ankle" in the course title. You can then scroll through the results to see if you course is in the list.