AROTA - Arkansas Occupational Therapy Association


State OT News Below is an e-mail that I received today, March 26, from Kyleen Hawkins, CFO from Medicaid regarding our rate increase. "The paperwork for the rate increase was submitted to CMS (feds) today and to DFA for cursory review. DFA won’t OK until CMS does, but we send the paperwork at the same time so we can work through any issues DFA might have and be ready to go when we get word from CMS. " Medicaid NEWS AROTA , The medicaid therapy workgroup’s name has been changed to the Therapy Advisory Council. There will not be a retrospective review done in April. Medicaid has recently awarded the retrospective review contract of therapy and personal care to another company – Qsource, instead of AFMC. The Therapy Advisory Council has met with Qsource and discussed the transition. AFMC will be “wrapping up” anything that is still outstanding and Qsource’s contract begins on July 1, 2008. The first retrospective review will be in July 2008. There is a therapy open meeting scheduled for providers to meet and ask questions of Qsource. The information for the meeting is listed below. Arkansas Therapy Fall Meeting October 29, 2008 from 10 A.M. to 12 P.M. Blue Flame Room 400 E. Capitol Little Rock, AR Also, Therapists interested in reviewing evaluations can apply to be a Therapy consultant. Just go to www.qsource.org Recreational Therapy Please read the following information regarding Recreational Therapy in one of our neighboring states. Please be aware that other disciplines seeking to limit our Practice Act is just one possible legislative concern we have for the 2009 Arkansas Legislative Session. Besides Arkansas state issues, we also regularly have federal and national legislative concerns. If you are not already a member of AROTA, the leadership of AROTA is encouraging you to seriously consider joining your state occupational therapy association right now. Through your support we can better advocate for your profession, your role as an occupational therapy practitioner, and very possibly your job. Only by unifying our efforts can we better ensure a future for occupational therapy. Without all of our commitments and efforts we could lose our place in the healthcare continuum of care. Please join now. We need you. Medicare News The Congress and Senate had passed the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007. Although initially stating he was not going to sign this legislation, which he had agreed to do, President Bush DID sign the legislation into law! For the Medicare benefiaries, this legislation does multiple things for inpatient rehabilitation services: Permanently repeals the 75% Rule for Inpatinet Rehabilitaiton Faciliteis and returns the compliance threshold to 60%. Makes this 60% change RETROACTIVE to July 1, 2006 Allows comorbid conditions to cont toward the threshold. The market basket pdate factor is set at 0% from April 1, 2008 through fiscal year 2009. Many special thanks to Congressmen Vic Snyder, Mike Ross and Marion Berry, and Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor for their tireless support and positive votes FOR SENIOR AMERICA!!! Review AROTA 2007-2008 Budget AROTA mailing labels: Get In Touch with AR Professionals!	April 18, 2008 Press Release The Arkansas Occupational Therapy Association (AROTA) is a non-profit professional organization established for further developing the growth of professional occupational therapists, certified occupational therapy assistants and students enrolled in the occupational therapy educational programs. The executive board is comprised of dedicated professionals who volunteer their time and knowledge to address the many changes and challenges which face our licensed therapists and certified therapy assistants in the occupational therapy profession in regards to reimbursement, licensure issues and educational growth. Need to pay AROTA or would you like to make a donation? Use our PayPal Account!
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