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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 11/14/2024 at 2:30 PM (EST)
(LMS-Regulatory-Oct-Nov-2024) In its Regulatory, Legislative, and Payment Updates series, APTA's Health Policy and Payment team will provide an overview of the most significant and impactful federal regulatory and commercial payer policy updates in 2024; this session will cover developments between October and November.
Get inside intel from APTA's Health Policy and Payment team on the most significant and impactful federal and commercial payer policy updates in 2024.
Throughout the year, APTA's regulatory staff will provide regular updates on federal rulemaking impacting policy and payment for both outpatient providers (Medicare Physician Fee Schedule) and institutional, post-acute care providers (home health agencies, skilled nursing facilities, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, and long-term care hospitals). APTA will cover both proposed and final rules, and may address other nonrecurring federal rules that impact physical therapists.
And on the commercial payer front, you’ll receive regular roundups of significant updates to private payer policies, including changes at both national and regional levels.
This registration is for the November 14 webinar, which covers developments October-November 2024.
Please note: CEUs are not currently available for Ohio, but the application for CEUs will be submitted closer to the webinar date. If approved, this course would be eligible for CEU credit (1 contact hour).
Andrew Amari, JD
Specialist, Health Policy and Payment
Andrew Amari, JD is a specialist within APTA's Health Policy and Payment Unit, advocating on regulatory policy issues affecting physical therapists in a variety of practice settings. Before joining the association in March 2022, Andrew was a regulatory analyst at the Association of American Medical Colleges, focusing on hospital payment and graduate medical education policy issues. Andrew received a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Wake Forest University and a JD from the University of Wisconsin School of Law. He is a member of the Wisconsin Bar.
Rachel Miller, MPH
Specialist, Health Policy and Payment
Rachel Miller, MPH is a health policy and payment specialist within APTA's Health Policy and Payment Unit as of August 2022. Rachel advocates to federal regulators on policy issues that affect the physical therapy profession. Before joining the association, she was working towards her master's degree in health policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While continuing her education, Rachel showed community members how to obtain health insurance as Certified Application Counselor in a student-run clinic. Before that, she helped stop the spread of COVID-19 as a case investigator at a local health department. She obtained her bachelor's degree in public health from the University of South Florida.
Wanda Evans, PT, DPT, MHS
Sr. Specialist, Health Policy and Payment
Wanda K. Evans, PT, DPT, MHS, is a senior payment specialist at APTA. Her responsibilities include communicating with members and insurers on inquiries regarding third-party, billing, CPT coding, and payment policies; providing resources in policy development; monitoring trends; and assisting in association efforts to advance payment policies. She remains a treating clinician in the outpatient setting. Before joining APTA, she was the clinical documentation and utilization review coordinator for Medstar National Rehabilitation Hospital Network. Prior to that she was the supervisor of physical therapist and occupational therapist services for Kaiser Permanente Mid Atlantic. She has been an APTA member since she was a student. She received her bachelor of physical therapy and doctor of physical therapy degrees from Howard University, and a master of health science degree in orthopedic and sports physical therapy from the University of Indianapolis. She also is a certified kinesio taping practitioner.
Alice Bell, PT, DPT
Sr. Specialist, Health Policy and Payment
Alice is on staff as senior payment specialist in the Payment and Practice Management Department of the APTA. She received a bachelor’s degree in physical therapy from Northeastern University in Boston, MA and a doctor of physical therapy degree from the University of Montana. Her specialties include integrated care delivery models, post-acute care, and long-term care. A board-certified clinical specialist in geriatric physical therapy, she has lectured and written many articles on topics related to physical therapy and the older adult. She has spent the majority of her career in post-acute care and long-term care settings and has more than 36 years of experience as a physical therapist. Her professional activities include serving as a member of the National Quality Partnership Opioid Stewardship Steering Committee, co-leader of the NQF Opioid Stewardship Member Workgroup, APTA appointee to the NDHI Opioid Crisis Workgroup, APTA appointee to the National Quality Partnership Opioid Stewardship Action Team, Member of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Technical Expert Panel for Skilled Nursing Alternative Payment Systems, Appointee to the National Quality Forum (NQF) for Long Term Care Quality Measures, Member of the Steering Committee for NQF's National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Nursing Home Project, and representative of the Coalition of Rehab Therapy Organizations’ Joint Commission’s Long Term Care Professional and Technical Advisory Committee.
Chase Kuhn
Specialist, Health Policy and Payment
APTA
Chase Kuhn, PT, DPT, is a specialist in APTA’s Health Policy and Payment unit, advocating for the profession of physical therapy as it relates to commercial insurers. He received both his bachelor’s degree in health science and his DPT with research specialization from the Ohio State University and subsequently participated in their Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Residency. He joined APTA staff with prior work experience in financial loss mitigation and hospital-based revenue cycle administration.
Course Instructions
- Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
- Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
- Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page.
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For assistance logging in, accessing activities, claiming credit, or for other questions or concerns, please e-mail learningcenter@apta.org.
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 10/10/2024 at 2:30 PM (EDT)
(LMS-Regulatory-Aug-Oct-2024) In its Regulatory, Legislative, and Payment Updates series, APTA's Health Policy and Payment team will provide an overview of the most significant and impactful federal regulatory and commercial payer policy updates in 2024; this session will cover developments between August and October.
Get inside intel from APTA's Health Policy and Payment team on the most significant and impactful federal and commercial payer policy updates in 2024.
Throughout the year, APTA's regulatory staff will provide regular updates on federal rulemaking impacting policy and payment for both outpatient providers (Medicare Physician Fee Schedule) and institutional, post-acute care providers (home health agencies, skilled nursing facilities, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, and long-term care hospitals). APTA will cover both proposed and final rules, and may address other nonrecurring federal rules that impact physical therapists.
And on the commercial payer front, you’ll receive regular roundups of significant updates to private payer policies, including changes at both national and regional levels.
This registration is for the October 10 webinar, which covers developments August-October 2024.
Please note: CEUs are not currently available for Ohio, but the application for CEUs will be submitted closer to the webinar date. If approved, this course would be eligible for CEU credit (1 contact hour).
Andrew Amari, JD
Specialist, Health Policy and Payment
Andrew Amari, JD is a specialist within APTA's Health Policy and Payment Unit, advocating on regulatory policy issues affecting physical therapists in a variety of practice settings. Before joining the association in March 2022, Andrew was a regulatory analyst at the Association of American Medical Colleges, focusing on hospital payment and graduate medical education policy issues. Andrew received a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Wake Forest University and a JD from the University of Wisconsin School of Law. He is a member of the Wisconsin Bar.
Rachel Miller, MPH
Specialist, Health Policy and Payment
Rachel Miller, MPH is a health policy and payment specialist within APTA's Health Policy and Payment Unit as of August 2022. Rachel advocates to federal regulators on policy issues that affect the physical therapy profession. Before joining the association, she was working towards her master's degree in health policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While continuing her education, Rachel showed community members how to obtain health insurance as Certified Application Counselor in a student-run clinic. Before that, she helped stop the spread of COVID-19 as a case investigator at a local health department. She obtained her bachelor's degree in public health from the University of South Florida.
Wanda Evans, PT, DPT, MHS
Sr. Specialist, Health Policy and Payment
Wanda K. Evans, PT, DPT, MHS, is a senior payment specialist at APTA. Her responsibilities include communicating with members and insurers on inquiries regarding third-party, billing, CPT coding, and payment policies; providing resources in policy development; monitoring trends; and assisting in association efforts to advance payment policies. She remains a treating clinician in the outpatient setting. Before joining APTA, she was the clinical documentation and utilization review coordinator for Medstar National Rehabilitation Hospital Network. Prior to that she was the supervisor of physical therapist and occupational therapist services for Kaiser Permanente Mid Atlantic. She has been an APTA member since she was a student. She received her bachelor of physical therapy and doctor of physical therapy degrees from Howard University, and a master of health science degree in orthopedic and sports physical therapy from the University of Indianapolis. She also is a certified kinesio taping practitioner.
Alice Bell, PT, DPT
Sr. Specialist, Health Policy and Payment
Alice is on staff as senior payment specialist in the Payment and Practice Management Department of the APTA. She received a bachelor’s degree in physical therapy from Northeastern University in Boston, MA and a doctor of physical therapy degree from the University of Montana. Her specialties include integrated care delivery models, post-acute care, and long-term care. A board-certified clinical specialist in geriatric physical therapy, she has lectured and written many articles on topics related to physical therapy and the older adult. She has spent the majority of her career in post-acute care and long-term care settings and has more than 36 years of experience as a physical therapist. Her professional activities include serving as a member of the National Quality Partnership Opioid Stewardship Steering Committee, co-leader of the NQF Opioid Stewardship Member Workgroup, APTA appointee to the NDHI Opioid Crisis Workgroup, APTA appointee to the National Quality Partnership Opioid Stewardship Action Team, Member of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Technical Expert Panel for Skilled Nursing Alternative Payment Systems, Appointee to the National Quality Forum (NQF) for Long Term Care Quality Measures, Member of the Steering Committee for NQF's National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Nursing Home Project, and representative of the Coalition of Rehab Therapy Organizations’ Joint Commission’s Long Term Care Professional and Technical Advisory Committee.
Chase Kuhn
Specialist, Health Policy and Payment
APTA
Chase Kuhn, PT, DPT, is a specialist in APTA’s Health Policy and Payment unit, advocating for the profession of physical therapy as it relates to commercial insurers. He received both his bachelor’s degree in health science and his DPT with research specialization from the Ohio State University and subsequently participated in their Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Residency. He joined APTA staff with prior work experience in financial loss mitigation and hospital-based revenue cycle administration.
Course Instructions
- Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
- Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
- Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page.
Need Assistance?
For assistance logging in, accessing activities, claiming credit, or for other questions or concerns, please e-mail learningcenter@apta.org.
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- Non-Member - $49
- PT Member - Free!
- PTA Member - Free!
- Student - Free!
- Post-Professional Student - Free!
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 08/08/2024 at 2:30 PM (EDT)
(LMS-Regulatory-Jun-Aug-2024) In its Regulatory, Legislative, and Payment Updates series, APTA's Health Policy and Payment team will provide an overview of the most significant and impactful federal regulatory and commercial payer policy updates in 2024; this session will cover developments between June and August.
Get inside intel from APTA's Health Policy and Payment team on the most significant and impactful federal and commercial payer policy updates in 2024.
Throughout the year, APTA's regulatory staff will provide regular updates on federal rulemaking impacting policy and payment for both outpatient providers (Medicare Physician Fee Schedule) and institutional, post-acute care providers (home health agencies, skilled nursing facilities, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, and long-term care hospitals). APTA will cover both proposed and final rules, and may address other nonrecurring federal rules that impact physical therapists.
And on the commercial payer front, you’ll receive regular roundups of significant updates to private payer policies, including changes at both national and regional levels.
This registration is for the August 8 webinar, which covers developments June-August 2024.
Please note: CEUs are not currently available for Ohio, but the application for CEUs will be submitted closer to the webinar date. If approved, this course would be eligible for CEU credit (1 contact hour).
Andrew Amari, JD
Specialist, Health Policy and Payment
Andrew Amari, JD is a specialist within APTA's Health Policy and Payment Unit, advocating on regulatory policy issues affecting physical therapists in a variety of practice settings. Before joining the association in March 2022, Andrew was a regulatory analyst at the Association of American Medical Colleges, focusing on hospital payment and graduate medical education policy issues. Andrew received a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Wake Forest University and a JD from the University of Wisconsin School of Law. He is a member of the Wisconsin Bar.
Rachel Miller, MPH
Specialist, Health Policy and Payment
Rachel Miller, MPH is a health policy and payment specialist within APTA's Health Policy and Payment Unit as of August 2022. Rachel advocates to federal regulators on policy issues that affect the physical therapy profession. Before joining the association, she was working towards her master's degree in health policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While continuing her education, Rachel showed community members how to obtain health insurance as Certified Application Counselor in a student-run clinic. Before that, she helped stop the spread of COVID-19 as a case investigator at a local health department. She obtained her bachelor's degree in public health from the University of South Florida.
Wanda Evans, PT, DPT, MHS
Sr. Specialist, Health Policy and Payment
Wanda K. Evans, PT, DPT, MHS, is a senior payment specialist at APTA. Her responsibilities include communicating with members and insurers on inquiries regarding third-party, billing, CPT coding, and payment policies; providing resources in policy development; monitoring trends; and assisting in association efforts to advance payment policies. She remains a treating clinician in the outpatient setting. Before joining APTA, she was the clinical documentation and utilization review coordinator for Medstar National Rehabilitation Hospital Network. Prior to that she was the supervisor of physical therapist and occupational therapist services for Kaiser Permanente Mid Atlantic. She has been an APTA member since she was a student. She received her bachelor of physical therapy and doctor of physical therapy degrees from Howard University, and a master of health science degree in orthopedic and sports physical therapy from the University of Indianapolis. She also is a certified kinesio taping practitioner.
Alice Bell, PT, DPT
Sr. Specialist, Health Policy and Payment
Alice is on staff as senior payment specialist in the Payment and Practice Management Department of the APTA. She received a bachelor’s degree in physical therapy from Northeastern University in Boston, MA and a doctor of physical therapy degree from the University of Montana. Her specialties include integrated care delivery models, post-acute care, and long-term care. A board-certified clinical specialist in geriatric physical therapy, she has lectured and written many articles on topics related to physical therapy and the older adult. She has spent the majority of her career in post-acute care and long-term care settings and has more than 36 years of experience as a physical therapist. Her professional activities include serving as a member of the National Quality Partnership Opioid Stewardship Steering Committee, co-leader of the NQF Opioid Stewardship Member Workgroup, APTA appointee to the NDHI Opioid Crisis Workgroup, APTA appointee to the National Quality Partnership Opioid Stewardship Action Team, Member of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Technical Expert Panel for Skilled Nursing Alternative Payment Systems, Appointee to the National Quality Forum (NQF) for Long Term Care Quality Measures, Member of the Steering Committee for NQF's National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Nursing Home Project, and representative of the Coalition of Rehab Therapy Organizations’ Joint Commission’s Long Term Care Professional and Technical Advisory Committee.
Chase Kuhn
Specialist, Health Policy and Payment
APTA
Chase Kuhn, PT, DPT, is a specialist in APTA’s Health Policy and Payment unit, advocating for the profession of physical therapy as it relates to commercial insurers. He received both his bachelor’s degree in health science and his DPT with research specialization from the Ohio State University and subsequently participated in their Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Residency. He joined APTA staff with prior work experience in financial loss mitigation and hospital-based revenue cycle administration.
Course Instructions
- Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
- Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
- Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page.
Need Assistance?
For assistance logging in, accessing activities, claiming credit, or for other questions or concerns, please e-mail learningcenter@apta.org.
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Register
- Non-Member - $49
- PT Member - Free!
- PTA Member - Free!
- Student - Free!
- Post-Professional Student - Free!
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Contains 5 Product(s)
(LMS-Regulatory-2024-Bundle) In its Regulatory, Legislative, and Payment Updates series, APTA's Health Policy and Payment team will provide an overview of the most significant and impactful federal regulatory and commercial payer policy updates in 2024.
In its Regulatory, Legislative, and Payment Updates series, APTA's Health Policy and Payment team will provide an overview of the most significant and impactful federal regulatory and commercial payer policy updates in 2024.
Get inside intel from APTA's Health Policy and Payment team on the most significant and impactful federal and commercial payer policy updates in 2024.
Throughout the year, APTA's regulatory staff will provide regular updates on federal rulemaking impacting policy and payment for both outpatient providers (Medicare Physician Fee Schedule) and institutional, post-acute care providers (home health agencies, skilled nursing facilities, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, and long-term care hospitals). APTA will cover both proposed and final rules, and may address other nonrecurring federal rules that impact physical therapists.
And on the commercial payer front, you’ll receive regular roundups of significant updates to private payer policies, including changes at both national and regional levels.
This bundle includes all five webinars scheduled for the 2024 Regulatory, Legislative, and Payment Updates series.
Please Note: CEUs are not currently available, but we anticipate CEUs will be available for all courses, pending approval. If CEUs are approved, these courses would offer 1.0, 1.5, or 2.0 contact hours, depending on the course. Given the evolving nature of the content in these courses, CEU status will be available closer to each presentation date.
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 06/06/2024 at 2:30 PM (EDT)
(LMS-Regulatory-Apr-Jun-2024) In its Regulatory, Legislative, and Payment Updates series, APTA's Health Policy and Payment team will provide an overview of the most significant and impactful federal regulatory and commercial payer policy updates in 2024; this session will cover developments between April and June.
Get inside intel from APTA's Health Policy and Payment team on the most significant and impactful federal and commercial payer policy updates in 2024.
Throughout the year, APTA's regulatory staff will provide regular updates on federal rulemaking impacting policy and payment for both outpatient providers (Medicare Physician Fee Schedule) and institutional, post-acute care providers (home health agencies, skilled nursing facilities, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, and long-term care hospitals). APTA will cover both proposed and final rules, and may address other nonrecurring federal rules that impact physical therapists.
And on the commercial payer front, you’ll receive regular roundups of significant updates to private payer policies, including changes at both national and regional levels.
This registration is for the June 6 webinar, which covers developments April-June 2024.
Please note: CEUs are not currently available for Ohio, but the application for CEUs will be submitted closer to the webinar date. If approved, this course would be eligible for CEU credit (1 contact hour).
Andrew Amari, JD
Specialist, Health Policy and Payment
Andrew Amari, JD is a specialist within APTA's Health Policy and Payment Unit, advocating on regulatory policy issues affecting physical therapists in a variety of practice settings. Before joining the association in March 2022, Andrew was a regulatory analyst at the Association of American Medical Colleges, focusing on hospital payment and graduate medical education policy issues. Andrew received a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Wake Forest University and a JD from the University of Wisconsin School of Law. He is a member of the Wisconsin Bar.
Rachel Miller, MPH
Specialist, Health Policy and Payment
Rachel Miller, MPH is a health policy and payment specialist within APTA's Health Policy and Payment Unit as of August 2022. Rachel advocates to federal regulators on policy issues that affect the physical therapy profession. Before joining the association, she was working towards her master's degree in health policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While continuing her education, Rachel showed community members how to obtain health insurance as Certified Application Counselor in a student-run clinic. Before that, she helped stop the spread of COVID-19 as a case investigator at a local health department. She obtained her bachelor's degree in public health from the University of South Florida.
Wanda Evans, PT, DPT, MHS
Sr. Specialist, Health Policy and Payment
Wanda K. Evans, PT, DPT, MHS, is a senior payment specialist at APTA. Her responsibilities include communicating with members and insurers on inquiries regarding third-party, billing, CPT coding, and payment policies; providing resources in policy development; monitoring trends; and assisting in association efforts to advance payment policies. She remains a treating clinician in the outpatient setting. Before joining APTA, she was the clinical documentation and utilization review coordinator for Medstar National Rehabilitation Hospital Network. Prior to that she was the supervisor of physical therapist and occupational therapist services for Kaiser Permanente Mid Atlantic. She has been an APTA member since she was a student. She received her bachelor of physical therapy and doctor of physical therapy degrees from Howard University, and a master of health science degree in orthopedic and sports physical therapy from the University of Indianapolis. She also is a certified kinesio taping practitioner.
Alice Bell, PT, DPT
Sr. Specialist, Health Policy and Payment
Alice is on staff as senior payment specialist in the Payment and Practice Management Department of the APTA. She received a bachelor’s degree in physical therapy from Northeastern University in Boston, MA and a doctor of physical therapy degree from the University of Montana. Her specialties include integrated care delivery models, post-acute care, and long-term care. A board-certified clinical specialist in geriatric physical therapy, she has lectured and written many articles on topics related to physical therapy and the older adult. She has spent the majority of her career in post-acute care and long-term care settings and has more than 36 years of experience as a physical therapist. Her professional activities include serving as a member of the National Quality Partnership Opioid Stewardship Steering Committee, co-leader of the NQF Opioid Stewardship Member Workgroup, APTA appointee to the NDHI Opioid Crisis Workgroup, APTA appointee to the National Quality Partnership Opioid Stewardship Action Team, Member of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Technical Expert Panel for Skilled Nursing Alternative Payment Systems, Appointee to the National Quality Forum (NQF) for Long Term Care Quality Measures, Member of the Steering Committee for NQF's National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Nursing Home Project, and representative of the Coalition of Rehab Therapy Organizations’ Joint Commission’s Long Term Care Professional and Technical Advisory Committee.
Chase Kuhn
Specialist, Health Policy and Payment
APTA
Chase Kuhn, PT, DPT, is a specialist in APTA’s Health Policy and Payment unit, advocating for the profession of physical therapy as it relates to commercial insurers. He received both his bachelor’s degree in health science and his DPT with research specialization from the Ohio State University and subsequently participated in their Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Residency. He joined APTA staff with prior work experience in financial loss mitigation and hospital-based revenue cycle administration.
Course Instructions
- Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
- Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
- Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page.
Need Assistance?
For assistance logging in, accessing activities, claiming credit, or for other questions or concerns, please e-mail learningcenter@apta.org.
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- PT Member - Free!
- PTA Member - Free!
- Student - Free!
- Post-Professional Student - Free!
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Contains 5 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live In-Person Event on 06/04/2024 at 2:00 PM (EDT)
(APTA-RedCross-BLS-CPR-afternoon-2024) Beyond learning the knowledge and skills necessary for your American Red Cross BLS CPR certification, you will also explore real-world scenarios of cardiac emergencies in the physical therapy profession, learning from Certified American Red Cross Instructors with years of experience teaching all levels of life saving courses.
New!
The American Physical Therapy Association is now a proud provider of American Red Cross courses.
In its inaugural year, APTA is offering an American Red Cross Basic Life Support hybrid CPR course containing two parts: an asynchronous online learning session and an in-person skills review session. Registration opens April 15 and closes May 28, and is limited to 36 participants.
This course provides health care providers with the knowledge and skills necessary to respond to breathing and cardiac emergencies in adult, child, and infant patients. It is taught in a blended learning format, and the online portion (accessed via mobile desktop or tablet) must be completed prior to attending the instructor-led skills session. Upon successful completion of the course, learners will receive a two-year Basic Life Support digital certificate with anytime, anywhere access to the certificate and training history through the Red Cross Learning Center. Learners are recommended to check with their state licensing boards to determine license requirements and continuing education unit limits or allowances for CPR courses. Contact information for your state can be found here: Licensing Authorities Contact Information | FSBPT.
This course is open to health care providers only (not support or administrative staff), who are members or nonmembers of APTA. The virtual component of the course can be completed anytime following registration, while the required in-person portion of the course will take place Tuesday, June 4, at the APTA Centennial Center in Alexandria, Virginia. Learners have the option to enroll in the 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. cohort or the 2 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. cohort for the in-person session.
Learners who register for this course should plan to attend the in-person CPR Skills Lab at APTA Centennial Center on Tuesday, June 4 from 2 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Why choose APTA as your authorized provider of American Red Cross BLS CPR courses?
Beyond learning the knowledge and skills necessary for your American Red Cross BLS CPR certification, you will also explore real-world scenarios of cardiac emergencies in the physical therapy profession, learning from certified American Red Cross instructors with years of experience teaching all levels of life-saving courses.
How would you respond if a patient was walking on a treadmill and suddenly had a cardiac arrest? Instructors will share their recorded experience of this very event and the lessons learned as a result. Would your front-desk staff know what to do in an emergency? What if you were alone? Discussions of these questions and more await those who enroll in this course.
Tara Jo Manal, PT, DPT, FAPTA
American Physical Therapy Association
Tara Jo Manal, PT, DPT, FAPTA, has over 20 years of experience teaching the emergency first response course, CPR, AED, O2 administration, and BLS. She directed a neurologic and older adult and sports and orthopedic outpatient physical therapy clinic for almost 30 years, providing direct support and administrative oversight for emergency procedures.
Laura Schmitt, PT, DPT, ATC
Laura Schmitt, PT, DPT, ATC, has over 20 years of experience teaching and directing on-field and clinical care and emergencies. She is a board-certified clinical specialist in sports and orthopaedic physical therapy. She holds the highest American Red Cross teaching credentials.
Melissa Dreger, PT, DPT, MA
Melissa Dreger, PT, DPT, MA, is a newly certified instructor with 17 years of experience as a BLS CPR-certified provider. She is a board-certified clinical specialist in orthopaedic physical therapy and is serving as both administrative staff and instructor.
Course Instructions
- Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
- Click the Take Quiz button to complete the assessment. Learners will have 3 attempts to pass and must answer at least 70% of questions correctly.
- Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
- Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page.
Need Assistance?
For assistance logging in, accessing activities, claiming credit, or for other questions or concerns, please e-mail learningcenter@apta.org.
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- Non-Member - $149
- PT Member - $99
- PTA Member - $99
- Student - $99
- Post-Professional Student - $99
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Contains 5 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live In-Person Event on 06/04/2024 at 9:00 AM (EDT)
(APTA-RedCross-BLS-CPR-morning-2024) Beyond learning the knowledge and skills necessary for your American Red Cross BLS CPR certification, you will also explore real-world scenarios of cardiac emergencies in the physical therapy profession, learning from Certified American Red Cross Instructors with years of experience teaching all levels of life saving courses.
New!
The American Physical Therapy Association is now a proud provider of American Red Cross courses.
In its inaugural year, APTA is offering an American Red Cross Basic Life Support hybrid CPR course containing two parts: an asynchronous online learning session and an in-person skills review session. Registration opens April 15 and closes May 28, and is limited to 36 participants.
This course provides health care providers with the knowledge and skills necessary to respond to breathing and cardiac emergencies in adult, child, and infant patients. It is taught in a blended learning format, and the online portion (accessed via mobile desktop or tablet) must be completed prior to attending the instructor-led skills session. Upon successful completion of the course, learners will receive a two-year Basic Life Support digital certificate with anytime, anywhere access to the certificate and training history through the American Red Cross learning management system. Learners are recommended to check with their state licensing boards to determine license requirements and continuing education unit limits or allowances for CPR courses. Contact information for your state can be found here: Licensing Authorities Contact Information | FSBPT.
This course is open to health care providers only (not support or administrative staff), who are members or nonmembers of APTA. The virtual component of the course can be completed anytime following registration, while the required in-person portion of the course will take place Tuesday, June 4, at the APTA Centennial Center in Alexandria, Virginia. Learners have the option to enroll in the 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. cohort or the 2-5:30 p.m. cohort for the in-person session.
Learners who register for this course should plan to attend the in-person CPR Skills Lab at APTA Centennial Center on Tuesday, June 4 from 9 a.m.-12:30p.m.
Why choose APTA as your authorized provider of American Red Cross BLS CPR courses?
Beyond learning the knowledge and skills necessary for your American Red Cross BLS CPR certification, you will also explore real-world scenarios of cardiac emergencies in the physical therapy profession, learning from certified American Red Cross instructors with years of experience teaching all levels of life-saving courses.
How would you respond if a patient was walking on a treadmill and suddenly had a cardiac arrest? Instructors will share their recorded experience of this very event and the lessons learned as a result. Would your front-desk staff know what to do in an emergency? What if you were alone? Discussions of these questions and more await those who enroll in this course.
Tara Jo Manal, PT, DPT, FAPTA
American Physical Therapy Association
Tara Jo Manal, PT, DPT, FAPTA, has over 20 years of experience teaching the emergency first response course, CPR, AED, O2 administration, and BLS. She directed a neurologic and older adult and sports and orthopedic outpatient physical therapy clinic for almost 30 years, providing direct support and administrative oversight for emergency procedures.
Laura Schmitt, PT, DPT, ATC
Laura Schmitt, PT, DPT, ATC, has over 20 years of experience teaching and directing on-field and clinical care and emergencies. She is a board-certified clinical specialist in sports and orthopaedic physical therapy. She holds the highest American Red Cross teaching credentials.
Melissa Dreger, PT, DPT, MA
Melissa Dreger, PT, DPT, MA, is a newly certified instructor with 17 years of experience as a BLS CPR-certified provider. She is a board-certified clinical specialist in orthopaedic physical therapy and is serving as both administrative staff and instructor.
Course Instructions
- Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
- Click the Take Quiz button to complete the assessment. Learners will have 3 attempts to pass and must answer at least 70% of questions correctly.
- Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
- Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page.
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Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits
(LMS_Enviro_Justice) In this course, we’ll discuss stories, studies, and statistics illuminating connections between environmental justice, health equity, and social determinants of health.
This course will be presented live virtually on April 9, at 7 P.M. ET. The Zoom link will be available to learners in their Dashboard. The course recording will also be available for On Demand access.
This course connects environmental justice and health equity to our patients, the communities we serve, the programs we develop and deliver, and our professional ethics. Stories, studies, and statistics will illuminate links between environmental justice, health equity, and social determinants of health. We’ll explore environmental justice and social vulnerability indices that can inform program planning and provide a lens for viewing general healthcare and rehabilitation-focused clinical scenarios. Selected past and current local, state, and federal environmental justice plans will be highlighted.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this course, learners will be able to:
- Explain how environmental justice and social vulnerability indices can inform healthcare programs and strategies.
- Appreciate ways federal, state and local policies impact environmental justice and health equity.
- Defend the inclusion of community-based stakeholders in health program planning and evaluation.
Cindy Lane Moore
PT, DPT, PhD, MPH
Cindy Lane Moore, PT, DPT, PhD, MPH, is a Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Geriatric Physical Therapy and Staff Development Coordinator for Rehabilitation at Redeemer Health Home Care and Hospice. She is co-founder of the Environmental Physical Therapy Catalyst Group within APTA’s Academy for Leadership and Innovation and an active member of APTA’s geriatrics and home health academies. Cindy serves as a PT member on her state’s professional licensing board and is on track to complete Yale’s Climate Change and Health Certificate program September 2023.
Course Instructions
- Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
- Click the Take Quiz button to complete the assessment. Learners will have 3 attempts to pass and must answer at least 70% of questions correctly.
- Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
- Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page.
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Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits
(LMS-Regulatory-Jan-Apr-2024) In its Regulatory, Legislative, and Payment Updates series, APTA's Health Policy and Payment team will provide an overview of the most significant and impactful federal regulatory and commercial payer policy updates in 2024; this session will cover developments between January and April.
Get inside intel from APTA's Health Policy and Payment team on the most significant and impactful federal and commercial payer policy updates in 2024.
Throughout the year, APTA's regulatory staff will provide regular updates on federal rulemaking impacting policy and payment for both outpatient providers (Medicare Physician Fee Schedule) and institutional, post-acute care providers (home health agencies, skilled nursing facilities, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, and long-term care hospitals). APTA will cover both proposed and final rules, and may address other nonrecurring federal rules that impact physical therapists.
And on the commercial payer front, you’ll receive regular roundups of significant updates to private payer policies, including changes at both national and regional levels.
This registration is for the April 4 webinar, which covers developments January-April 2024.
Please note: CEUs are approved this course, which is eligible for CEU credit (1 contact hour).
Andrew Amari, JD
Specialist, Health Policy and Payment
Andrew Amari, JD is a specialist within APTA's Health Policy and Payment Unit, advocating on regulatory policy issues affecting physical therapists in a variety of practice settings. Before joining the association in March 2022, Andrew was a regulatory analyst at the Association of American Medical Colleges, focusing on hospital payment and graduate medical education policy issues. Andrew received a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Wake Forest University and a JD from the University of Wisconsin School of Law. He is a member of the Wisconsin Bar.
Alice Bell, PT, DPT
Sr. Specialist, Health Policy and Payment
Alice is on staff as senior payment specialist in the Payment and Practice Management Department of the APTA. She received a bachelor’s degree in physical therapy from Northeastern University in Boston, MA and a doctor of physical therapy degree from the University of Montana. Her specialties include integrated care delivery models, post-acute care, and long-term care. A board-certified clinical specialist in geriatric physical therapy, she has lectured and written many articles on topics related to physical therapy and the older adult. She has spent the majority of her career in post-acute care and long-term care settings and has more than 36 years of experience as a physical therapist. Her professional activities include serving as a member of the National Quality Partnership Opioid Stewardship Steering Committee, co-leader of the NQF Opioid Stewardship Member Workgroup, APTA appointee to the NDHI Opioid Crisis Workgroup, APTA appointee to the National Quality Partnership Opioid Stewardship Action Team, Member of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Technical Expert Panel for Skilled Nursing Alternative Payment Systems, Appointee to the National Quality Forum (NQF) for Long Term Care Quality Measures, Member of the Steering Committee for NQF's National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Nursing Home Project, and representative of the Coalition of Rehab Therapy Organizations’ Joint Commission’s Long Term Care Professional and Technical Advisory Committee.
Wanda Evans, PT, DPT, MHS
Sr. Specialist, Health Policy and Payment
Wanda K. Evans, PT, DPT, MHS, is a senior payment specialist at APTA. Her responsibilities include communicating with members and insurers on inquiries regarding third-party, billing, CPT coding, and payment policies; providing resources in policy development; monitoring trends; and assisting in association efforts to advance payment policies. She remains a treating clinician in the outpatient setting. Before joining APTA, she was the clinical documentation and utilization review coordinator for Medstar National Rehabilitation Hospital Network. Prior to that she was the supervisor of physical therapist and occupational therapist services for Kaiser Permanente Mid Atlantic. She has been an APTA member since she was a student. She received her bachelor of physical therapy and doctor of physical therapy degrees from Howard University, and a master of health science degree in orthopedic and sports physical therapy from the University of Indianapolis. She also is a certified kinesio taping practitioner.
Chase Kuhn
Specialist, Health Policy and Payment
APTA
Chase Kuhn, PT, DPT, is a specialist in APTA’s Health Policy and Payment unit, advocating for the profession of physical therapy as it relates to commercial insurers. He received both his bachelor’s degree in health science and his DPT with research specialization from the Ohio State University and subsequently participated in their Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Residency. He joined APTA staff with prior work experience in financial loss mitigation and hospital-based revenue cycle administration.
Rachel Miller, MPH
Specialist, Health Policy and Payment
Rachel Miller, MPH is a health policy and payment specialist within APTA's Health Policy and Payment Unit as of August 2022. Rachel advocates to federal regulators on policy issues that affect the physical therapy profession. Before joining the association, she was working towards her master's degree in health policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While continuing her education, Rachel showed community members how to obtain health insurance as Certified Application Counselor in a student-run clinic. Before that, she helped stop the spread of COVID-19 as a case investigator at a local health department. She obtained her bachelor's degree in public health from the University of South Florida.
Course Instructions
- Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
- Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
- Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page.
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Contains 5 Component(s), Includes Credits
AOE-ExcellenceinClinical-Mar2024 Formative assessment can be translated into clinical education for use by the clinical instructor for more effecttive teaching, assessment of learning, and adaptation to the needs of the learners.
Students enter the clinical setting to integrate their didactic learning and clinical skills. Clinical instructors focus on providing quality learning experiences and feedback on psychomotor skills, patient management skills, and communication skills, but how do CIs know what students are truly learning and what they might need more clarity on? What about the students who seem to have difficulty in a specific area, such as clinical reasoning? How do we evaluate whether the student requires a shift in teaching strategy? Formative assessment is a low-stakes assessment strategy often used in the classroom to help make learning more transparent, change teaching and feedback strategies based on results, and ensure that the content taught is what is learned. Formative assessment can be translated into clinical education for use by the clinical instructor for more effective teaching, assessment of learning, and adaptation to the needs of individual learners. This course will present and discuss specific tools and strategies for beginner, intermediate, and advanced-level clinical education rotations that you can apply immediately with physical therapy students.
Course Objectives:
After this presentation, learners will be able to:1. Explain the goals of formative assessment and the benefits for students and instructors.
2. Categorize formative assessment activities appropriate for learners in early, intermediate, and terminal clinical experiences.
3. Apply the assessment strategies discussed in today's session to the students in the learner's clinical sites, and adapt them based on the student's current educational level.Speaker Information:
Dr. Andrea Mierau earned a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree at St. Catherine University in Minnesota. Mierau completed an Ed.D. in healthcare professions education at A.T. Still University (ATSU) in Missouri. Mierau’s scholarly interests include investigating factors contributing to successful clinical education experiences, including teaching and learning practices, professional behavior, quality of life, and DPT students' and clinical instructors' self-efficacy and empathy. Mierau’s clinical interests include central and peripheral vestibular disorders, concussion, Parkinson’s disease, balance disorders, migraine, and cervical spine dysfunction. Dr. Mierau is a certified advanced vestibular physical therapist and a certified LSVT BIG therapist. She also has credentials as a hybrid teaching and learning educator. Mierau serves as the chair of the Abstract of the Week Committee in the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) vestibular special interest group and continues to practice monthly treating clients with vestibular, balance, and post-concussion impairments. Mierau’s teaching responsibilities include professional competencies, clinical education, and neuromuscular rehabilitation courses in the DPT curriculum. Mierau is passionate about helping students increase academic and clinical self-efficacy through self-reflection and meta-cognitive activities, relating personal experiences to learning and becoming lifelong learners.
Dr. Allison Durham is the Director of Clinical Education and an Assistant Professor for Bowling Green State University’s DPT Program. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Bowling Green State University in 2005 and her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from The University of Toledo in 2010 and is currently obtaining her Doctor of Education in Leadership Studies from Bowling Green State University. Her nineteen years of combined nursing and physical therapy experience have contributed to the development of expert teaching techniques that prepare the student to transfer didactic material and laboratory skills into the clinical setting. Dr. Durham’s research interests are in the areas of student clinical readiness, clinical reasoning, and improving the clinical experience.
0.1 CEUs will be available for this webinar.
Course Instructions
- Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
- Click the Take Quiz button to complete the assessment. Learners will have 3 attempts to pass and must answer at least 70% of questions correctly.
- Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
- Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page.
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