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BWC policy change reflects changes advocated for by APTQI and physical therapy stakeholders.
Washington, DC, February 20, 2019 --(PR.com)-- The Alliance for Physical Therapy Quality and
Innovation (APTQI) today applauded the Ohio Board of Workers' Compensation for removing a
provision in its physical therapy billing policy that would have burdened therapists with excessive
documentation requirements, distracting them from patients and increasing the amount of time spent on
redundant administrative tasks.
“We thank the Bureau of Workers' Compensation for revising this policy after listening to what the
physical therapy community had to say about the impact the policy clarification would have had on
patient care,” said Nikesh Patel, PT, DPT, Executive Director of APTQI. “Once we explained how the
documentation requirement could interrupt the flow of care, the Bureau worked with us to find a
reasonable solution.”
The proposed changes would have required physical therapists to document the start and stop times of
each individual procedure performed in a session each time they see a patient. This would have required
the therapist to stop after each and every procedure and enter information into a patient's records.
After listening to stakeholder feedback, the BWC reversed its proposed changes and finalized the policy
to require physical therapists to document:
“We are satisfied we were able to work collaboratively with the BWC on this issue and come to a
solution that benefits all stakeholders, particularly patients,” added Patel. “As a leading voice in the
physical therapy community, we will continue to advocate to ensure the therapist's full attention can
remain on the patient rather than the stopwatch.”
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Alliance for Physical Therapy Quality and Innovation
Ellen Almond
703-548-0019
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