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size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Fee Schedule Resources
Online<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>A comprehensive summary of the 2008 Medicare physician fee schedule
final rule is now available for members on the APTA Web site. Also available to
APTA members is an updated Medicare Fee Schedule Calculator, which gauges
reimbursement rates according to the 2008 rule. The rule includes a 10.1%
reduction in the Medicare physician fee schedule conversion factor, an
extension of the plan-of-care recertification timeframe to 90 days, new
definitions and updated personnel standards, and various other provisions. The
final rule was published in the Federal Register November 27. A shorter APTA
document with more concise highlights of the final rule has been available
since the rule was released November 1.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Advocacy Forum Promotion Requested<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>With the New Year approaching, APTA is gearing up for the 2008 Federal
Advocacy Forum. Please help APTA build support by adding information on the
event to component publications, listserves, and newsletters. The forum will be
held Sunday, March 30, through Tuesday, April 1, 2008, at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Washington</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Court</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Hotel</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> on Capitol Hill.
The event will educate participants on current legislative issues and will
offer effective strategies for communicating with members of Congress. Those
interested may register online, download a registration form, or call APTA at
ext 3395 from 8:30 am to 6:00 pm EST.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Audio Conference to Address Medicare
Changes: Registration Ends December 9<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Physical therapists and assistants can get a detailed update on
dramatic Medicare changes affecting them at APTA's upcoming audio conference,
"Medicare 2008 - Changes for Physical Therapy." The call will be held
from 2:00 to 3:30 pm EST on Wednesday, December 12. Learn more about
significant changes to physical therapist certification, qualification
standards, the therapy cap, and more from expert consultant Steve Levine, PT,
DPT, MSHA; Gayle Lee, JD, APTA's Director of Regulatory Affairs; and Roshunda
Drummond-Dye, JD, APTA's Associate Director of Regulatory Affairs. To sign up,
download a registration form or call the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">APTA</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Service</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> at ext 3395.</span></font><font
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