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NEW in 2010!New this year is a panel discussion on the Future of Coding & Payment for Physical Therapists. This exciting discussion will give the attendees a glimpse into the future of physical therapy coding and payment.Hotel Accommodations :The Westin Cincinnati21 East Fifth Street Cincinnati, OH 45202 Reservation Deadline: December 17, 2009 Rate: $139.00++ Call to reserve your room: 1-800-Westin 1 (1-800-937-8461). To receive the discounted rate, you must mention you're with APTA. Please refrain from making travel/hotel reservations until you have received registration confirmation from APTA. Registration Fees:Advanced Registration:APTA Member or APTA Member Office Manager: $399 (must be registered by the APTA member) Non-member: $629 Onsite: APTA Member or APTA Member Office Manager: $449 (must be registered by the APTA member) Non-member: $675 To Register:
* In the event that APTA must make alterations to the course information we will attempt to notify you, however, please check back here prior to attending a course for the most up to date information! Your Expert Speakers:Helene Fearon, PT, has more than 30 years of experience as a physical therapist in varied settings. She is currently co-owner of Fearon Physical Therapy and partner in Fearon & Levine, a national consulting firm focusing on documentation, coding, billing, compliance, practice management and payment strategies in the outpatient rehabilitation setting. She has worked both as a clinician and an administrator in OP hospital departments, skilled nursing facilities, home health, and as a private practitioner. Her current private practice focuses primarily in the area of manual orthopedic physical therapy. Her Consulting practice focuses on the areas of documentation, coding, billing and compliance in OP rehab settings. Helene consults with local and national, private and federal third party payers in the areas of policy development as well as a peer reviewer. Fearon served as president of the Arizona Physical Therapy Licensing Board for the State of Arizona from 1999 to March 2007. She is a recent past member of the American Medical Association's (AMA) Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Editorial Panel. Fearon is currently APTA representative to the AMA's CPT HCPAC and a member of AMA CPT Assistant Publication Editorial Board.Stephen M Levine, PT, DPT, MSHA, is a partner in Fearon & Levine, a national consulting firm focusing on documentation, coding, billing, compliance, practice management and payment strategies in the outpatient rehabilitation setting. For almost 20 years, Levine has been a consultant to physical therapy providers, local and national third-party payers, regulators, and case management agencies in the areas of CPT coding and relative values, RBRVS, cost containment, fraud and abuse, medical necessity and quality assurance issues, reimbursement strategies for physical therapy services, and physical therapy peer/utilization review. Additionally, he has worked extensively with federal investigative and law enforcement agencies in the areas of fraud, abuse, medical necessity, utilization management, and medical policy review. Prior to Fearon & Levine, he was involved in operation and ownership of a private practice in Maryland for 18 years. As the current national APTA appointee to the AMA's Health Care Professional's Advisory Committee of the Relative Value Update Committee (RUC), Levine is considered one of the foremost experts on Medicare policy and development and implementation of RBRVS under Medicare. From 1997 - 2008, he served on the APTA Board of Directors, 4 years as Vice Speaker and 6 years as Speaker of the House of Delegates. Gayle Lee, JD, serves as the Director, Federal Payment Policy and Advocacy at the American Physical Therapy Association. As the department's Federal regulatory expert, Gayle's key areas of responsibility include Medicare, Medicaid, and CHAMPUS. She specifically works on regulations that impact physical therapists that practice in skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies, rehabilitation hospitals/units, comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facilities, rehabilitation agencies, and private practice settings. Gayle came to APTA from the American Rehabilitation Association, where she was Assistant Counsel and Policy Coordinator. She worked on issues that affected rehabilitation hospitals/units and CORFs. Gayle received her law degree at the Washington College of Law at the American University in Washington, DC and completed her undergraduate work at Pennsylvania State University located in University Park, Pennsylvania. [Last updated: 11/03/09 | Contact: reimbursement@apta.org] |
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