[List] Items of interest from APTA

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   Here's some items from APTA that may be of interest to you.

   Jill Cooper, IPTA

   SEARCHING FOR SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AND CONTROLLED TRIALS JUST GOT A  
LITTLE EASIER
Open Door: APTA?s Portal to Evidence-based Practice (available at  
http://www.apta.org/OpenDoor) welcomes three databases from the  
Cochrane Collaboration, a premier source of medical evidence for  
treatments, diagnostic techniques, and preventive interventions. The  
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) contains the full text  
of regularly updated systematic reviews and protocols for reviews of  
the effects of healthcare. The Database of Abstracts of Reviews of  
Effects (DARE) contains structured abstracts of critical assessments  
of systematic reviews from a variety of medical journals and is  
produced by the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination. The Cochrane  
Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) is a database of more  
than 350,000 abstracts of definitive randomized controlled trials and  
controlled clinical trials from around the globe. Go to the "Research  
journal collections" section in Open Door and search the Cochrane  
databases separately or combined with the Cumulative Index to Nursing  
and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL). Questions? Interested in  
training or searching tips? Contact Gini Blodgett Birchett at  
opendoor at apta.org.

 MS ANNOUNCES PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF PROVIDER DATA
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced  
yesterday that physical therapists will be able to go online to access  
National Provider Identifiers (NPIs) and additional information about  
referring physicians and other providers. Beginning June 28, 2007,  
provider data will be downloadable from the CMS Web site  
(http://www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalProvIdentStand) and available in a  
database allowing users to query by NPI or provider name. The notice  
(http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/07-2651.pdf) establishes the data that will be made available and how health care providers will be able to access this information. APTA has prepared a summary of the announcement for its members, which is posted at  
http://www.apta.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Become_a_Provider_Supplier&CONTENTID=39719&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm.

 CLAIM-FORM DEADLINE SET FOR JULY 1
CMS has confirmed that after July 1, 2007, it will no longer accept  
the old CMS-1500 (12-90) claim forms. Under Transmittal 1247  
(http://www.cms.hhs.gov/transmittals/downloads/R1247CP.pdf), providers  
will be required only to submit CMS-1500 (08-05) beginning July 2. The  
form is for use by physicians and suppliers qualifying for  
electronic-claims-submission requirements set forth in the  
Administrative Simplification Compliance Act (ASCA).

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