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Decision Overturned</strong></font>
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color="#000000">Please
notify your members that physical therapists who provide specialty
evaluations for patients who have been prescribed power mobility
devices will not have to receive special certification by the
Rehabilitation Engineering &amp; Assistive Technology Society of North
America (RESNA). Based on requests from APTA and AOTA, durable medical
equipment contractors have <a target="_blank" linktype="undefined"
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color="#0000ff">reversed</font></a>
an earlier local coverage determination (LCD) requiring certification
of Assistive Technology Practitioners (ATPs) for evaluations made on or
after April 1, 2008. According to Power Mobility Devices LCD, specialty
evaluations must be performed by a licensed/certified medical
professional, such as a PT or an OT. For claims submitted after April
1, wheelchairs must be provided by suppliers that employ a
RESNA-certified ATP or Assistive Technology Supplier (ATS) with direct,
in-person involvement in selecting the
equipment.</font></font></font></font></font></div><div></div></span></font><a
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color="#4f604f"><font size="3"><strong>Audio Conference Deadline Is
Sunday</strong></font></font><font size="2" color="#000000">Please remind
members that the registration deadline for APTA's upcoming <a target="_blank"
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color="#0000ff">audio conference on new Medicare rules</font></a>
is Sunday, December 9. &quot;Medicare 2008 - Changes for Physical Therapy&quot;
will be held from 2:00 to 3:30 pm EST, on Wednesday, December 12. The
audio conference will provide valuable information on 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 <a target="_blank" linktype="undefined"
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color="#0000ff">registration form</font></a> or call the APTA Service Center at
800/999-2782, ext 3395.</font></font></span>
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