Threats to OT Practice: How to Get Invited to the Table

Join virtual session hosted by Cedars Sinai (Los Angeles, California)for a 1-hour continuing education opportunity on Thursday, October 29 at 6:00 m (PST).  This continuing education opportunity is FREE OF CHARGE. Details below.

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Threats to Occupational Therapy Practice: How to Get Invited to the Table

Thursday–October 29, 2020

6pm- 7pm (PST)

Speakers:

Bryan Hull, JD, MPH

Bryan has extensive experience in providing direction and oversight to lead efforts in code development, reimbursement, and policy education, formerly as part of AOTA and currently as a member of the American Society for Radiation Oncology’s (ASTRO) Advocacy division, which is an organization for radiation oncology physician services.  He advocates on behalf of members to insurance companies regarding new and emerging changes to healthcare reimbursement and coding systems and leads national campaigns to educate providers regarding appropriate health care delivery practices.

Practitioner Panel:

Debra S. Ouellette, MS, OTR/L, BCPR, SCLV (Outpatient Neurology)

Vidhisha Nair, OTD, OTR/L (SNF)

Rob Russow, OTD, OTR/L (HH experience)

Course Description: This course describes the current threats to the practice of occupational therapy and how the profession is represented at the national level with respect to healthcare policy and reimbursement. Significant changes to reimbursement and the workforce landscape will be presented, as well as factors that have contributed to these threats to practice. Experiences of OT practitioners and advocates will be shared and potential solutions will be discussed.

This course is free but to obtain credit, a course evaluation must be completed after the presentation.

Objectives:

• Define the current landscape of healthcare policy that pose direct threats to occupational therapy reimbursement for services, and consequently the current and future job market
• Describe potential actionable solutions to these threats to keep the profession relevant and viable

Agenda/Outline

Introduction (2 min)

Presentation (30 min)

Current Workface Landscape: Reduction in the OT workforce

Changes in the Payment model in Skilled Nursing Facilities and Home Healthcare

Telehealth access

Medicare status as “Supplier”

Reimbursement cuts & threats to access OT services

Autonomy of practice and control of scope

Potential Solutions

Practitioner experiences (10 min)

Discussion/Q&A/Wrap-up (15 min)

Target Audience: Occupational therapy practitioners.

AOTA ACCREDITATION STATEMENT:

A certificate of attendance for 1.0 contact hours will be provided at the conclusion of this activity

Content Level: Introductory

First Content Focus: Professional Issues: Legal, Legislative & Regulatory

Course Keywords: Advocacy, Professional Issues, Reimbursement

Partial credit will not be offered. Requirements for credit include full attendance at the workshop and participation in discussion, and completion of course evaluation.

For questions regarding credit, special needs and accommodations, cancellations and other requests, please contact: MariaCecilia.Alpasan@cshs.org or call (310) 423-5243. For information on grievances related to this workshop, please include the name and date of this workshop and submit the complaint to the contact provided above.

Disclosures:

There is no commercial support for this activity.

The following presenters have no relevant financial relationships to disclose:

• o    Bryan Hull          
• o    Debra Ouelette
• o    Vidisha Nair
• o    Rob Russow

Participants will receive disclosure information at the beginning of the workshop.

CSMC staff, as part of the planning committee for this workshop, and in its role as an approved provider in this offering, have no relevant financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.

“The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA”.