Dr. Lynn Steffes has over 35 years of experience as a physical therapist and over 25 years as a Healthcare Consultant, specializing in Private Practice Marketing, Compliance and Practice Management. She has served as adjunct or Guest Faculty for 6 Doctoral Physical Therapy Programs on business topics. Dr. Steffes has served on the Board of Directors for the Private Practice Section and speaks annually at every Private Practice Annual Meeting, as well as for the Section at the APTA Combined Sections Annual Meeting. She is also a frequent contributor to PPS Impact Magazine on marketing and a variety of business development topics and serves as the Wisconsin Physical Therapy Association Payment Specialist.

Dr Steffes is a passionate advocate for the Physical Therapy Profession and has served as a Key Contact for both PPS and the APTA. She has testified, helped in both reviewing and writing policies as they relate to PT Practice. She has been on faculty and involved in the curriculum development for the EPPM Program since its inception and also serves as a lead instructor for the EIM Business Course offered to EIM Residents and Fellows.

Kate is the director of health policy and payment at APTA. She has been working at APTA since 2018, first as a sr. specialist of policy and regulatory affairs, and since January 2022 in her new role as director. Before joining the association in 2018, she was policy expert for Centene Corporation, focusing on Affordable Care Act-compliant health care products. Her duties included monitoring state and federal legislative developments in the health care industry, developing company policy, and advocating on the corporation’s behalf to state and federal regulators. Prior to that, she was the ACA officer at the Illinois Department of Insurance, where she assisted the director in creating and implementing policies. She received her bachelor’s degree in English from Oklahoma State University and her law degree from DePaul University College of Law. She is a member of the Illinois Bar.

His areas of expertise include telehealth, administrative burden, LCDs/NCDs, and post-acute care. Before joining the association in 2019, he was a senior director of state policy for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, focusing on legislative and regulatory policy development. Prior to that, he was the director of health policy at law firm Powers Pyles Sutter and Verville. Previous positions also include director of the Medicaid Resource Center at the National Association for Home Care and Hospice, contracts and grants specialist in clinical research administration for the MedStar Health hospital system, and associate at the Maryland Office of the Attorney General. He received his bachelor’s degree in history , with a minor in government, from Bowdoin College and his law degree with a concentration in health law from Case Western Reserve University School of Law. He is a member of the Maryland and District of Columbia bars.