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Iowa Physical Therapy Association: Working Toward Vision 2020

Iowa Physical Therapy Association: Working Toward Vision 2020. Mark Blankespoor, DPT President, IPTA. IPTA Updates. APTA: only national professional organization representing more than 80,000 PTs, PTAs, & students of Physical Therapy IPTA membership

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Iowa Physical Therapy Association: Working Toward Vision 2020

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  1. Iowa Physical Therapy Association: Working Toward Vision 2020 Mark Blankespoor, DPT President, IPTA

  2. IPTA Updates APTA: only national professional organization representing more than 80,000 PTs, PTAs, & students of Physical Therapy IPTA membership Mike Mandel, Executive Director, retired in Summer of 2012 Neely Bushore (Capture Marketing) is new Executive Director

  3. IPTA Updates Physical Therapy programs Physical Therapist Assistant programs Reimbursement: payment models Iowa legislation: Copay equity Direct relationship between Physician & PTAs

  4. Vision 2020 Physical therapy, by 2020, will be provided by physical therapists who are doctors of physical therapy and who may be board-certified specialists. Consumers will have direct access to physical therapists in all environments for patient/client management, prevention, and wellness services. Physical therapists will be practitioners of choice in patients’/clients’ health networks and will hold all privileges of autonomous practice. Physical therapists may be assisted by physical therapist assistants who are educated and licensed to provide physical therapist directed and supervised components of interventions.

  5. Emerging Practice Trends Multi-specialty practices Contracting options Employer-based clinics Fitness/Wellness

  6. Challenges? Reimbursement Staffing Use of support personnel

  7. Questions?

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