Click here to register for APTA Delaware’s Ethics Course on Wednesday, July 28 @ 6:30 pm
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APTA: Big Win: UnitedHealthcare Makes Telehealth Permanent for PTs
UHC is the first of the largest insurers to make the move advocated by APTA.
In a major win for the profession and patients, UnitedHealthcare has become the first of the country’s largest private health insurers to adopt a permanent telehealth policy that includes PTs. APTA has made educating insurers on the value of permanently covering PT- and PTA-delivered telehealth … Read full post
2/16: Update from the DE Vaccine Coordination Unit: 2nd Dose Vaccination Events
The following message contains information regarding second doses; please read all information carefully.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has partnered with DPH to hold drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination sites for six days beginning Saturday, February 20, 2021.
These second-dose appointments will only be available for those who received a first dose from the Division of Public Health at one … Read full post
Governor Carney, DPH, DEMA Announce Updates on COVID-19 Vaccination Program
State of Delaware announces plans to administer second doses
WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor John Carney, the Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH), and the Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) on Tuesday announced updates to the State of Delaware’s COVID-19 vaccination program, with a focus on administering second doses for Delawareans who received first doses at state-operated vaccination events in January: … Read full post
APTA Delaware Pens Letter to Governor Carney & Delaware Health and Social Services
Recently, APTA Delaware sent a letter to the Governor and others supporting the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ Recommendation for Allocating Initial Supplies of COVID-19 Vaccine, wherein health care personnel and residents of long-term care facilities should be offered the COVID-19 vaccine in the initial phase of the vaccination program.
The letter encouraged the Delaware Health and Social
… Read full post Highmark BCBS has made 2 announcements this month
1) Effective January 1, 2021 there is a new fee schedule. You can find it on Navinet. While the reimbursement for each code has changed (and in most cases dropped), the daily cap has not. Reimbursement for evaluations has dropped significantly. We encourage you to reach out to your provider representative and share your disappointment and then encourage them to … Read full post
APTA: Win: CMS Will Lift Several Code Pairing Restrictions
The change, pushed for by APTA, will allow PTs to use many commonly paired codes for services delivered in the same day.
After an on-again, off-again approach to rules affecting the billing of code pairs that represent common, appropriate physical therapy practice, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced it will accept many of the pairs it
… Read full postAPTA Delaware Membership Update & APTA Keynote Address
If you were unable to join APTA Delaware for last month’s 2020 Annual Meeting and Conference (Online) entitled “Time to Innovate”, you can still watch the Membership Update from APTA Delaware President, Stacie Larkin and Keynote Address delivered by APTA Vice President, Matt Hyland. Click here to view the update.… Read full post