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Physical therapists fabricating and billing for O&P devices?
Posted By: FAOP on March 19, 2017
Dear O&P Practitioner, Do you think *physical therapists* and *physical therapist assistants* are qualified to: [image: Inline image 1] The FPTA has fought to include O&P treatment in the Physical Therapist’s scope of practice. This would effectively and automatically give therapists the power to do your job and bill for both O&P devices and their time. The lobbying efforts of FAOP has stopped the FPTA from encroaching on our scope of practice thus far but the fight is far from over. Our profession is under threat not just from PTs and PTAs. CNAs, sales reps, and unlicensed individuals are trying to legally perform your job. *We are fighting to stop them.* FAOP is a member driven, non-profit association run by volunteers, seeking to protect the interests of all Florida orthotists, prosthetists, orthotic fitters, and pedorthists. We work with Capital City Consulting to make sure our profession is represented at the State Capital: educating lawmakers, maintaining our independence, and ensuring appropriate reimbursement for our services. Lobbying efforts are the largest expenditure that FAOP incurs. These efforts are funded by membership dues and educational offerings. You have spent tens of thousands of dollars and years of your life training to be an O&P Professional. *DO NOT allow your livelihood to be taken from you* because a law maker is uninformed. *Join FAOP now.* Encourage your colleagues to do the same. Together, we can protect the integrity of the O&P profession in Florida. Click here to join: http://www.faop.org/join/application/ *Want to do more?* Volunteer for the FAOP Board. Elections will be held at our Annual Conference during the FAOP business meeting on August 4, 2017. Information on the Annual Conference can be found here: http://www.faop.org/conference/attendee/ Unsubscribe here: *https://yet-another-mail-merge.com/unsubscribe *​* [image: beacon] |
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