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Preventing Fraud, Abuse, and Waste: A Primer for Physical Therapists

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Dive into the complexities of health care fraud, abuse, and waste with our engaging self-directed reading course! Learn how to navigate the intricate payment system and regulatory environment to avoid billing errors that could be considered fraud, waste, or abuse. This course covers essential laws, evidence-based practice, ethics, professionalism, and compliance program basics.

Key Features

  • Cost: Free for all members and non-members
  • Format: Interactive slide deck
  • CEU: Earn 0.1 CEU (1 contact hour)

Enhance your knowledge and safeguard your practice today!

Gayle Lee

JD

Gayle Lee, JD has over 15 years of experience working on health care issues impacting the rehabilitation industry. Currently, Gayle serves as the senior director of Health Finance and Quality for the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). As the department's Federal payment policy expert, Gayle's key areas of responsibility include Medicare, Medicaid, HIPAA, and health care reform. 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. 

Course Instructions

  1. Click on the Contents tab to watch the course files.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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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