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  • Texas Occupational Therapy Assistants and Aides

Texas Occupational Therapy Assistants and Aides

  • 27 Jun 2019
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (CDT)

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Therapy Comply, a leading physical and occupational therapy education and compliance firm, will be presenting a webinar: Texas d Occupational Therapy Assistants and Aides.  The course on June 26th at 12:00 – 1:00 PM CDT and again on June 27th at 12:00 – 1:00 PM CDT.  The course will detail the delegation and supervision rules for OTAs, and aides in Texas along with tips to increase productivity through the proper use of assistive personnel.

The webinar will be recorded and will be available to all attendees and a copy of the slides will be distributed following the webinar.  No extra charge for the recording.  Attendees will also receive customizable policies and procedures that can be used in practice.

The webinar will cover the following topics:

Regulatory Changes Effective June 1st

  • §369.2. Changes of Name or Address.
  • §372.1. Provision of Services.
  • §372.2. General Purpose Occupation-Based Instruction.
  • §373.3. Supervision of an Occupational Therapy Assistant.

Supervision and Delegation to Assistants

  • Tasks that can performed exclusively by therapists
  • Scope of practice for assistants: specific services
  • Role of an assistant in different settings: outpatient, school-based, home health, hospital, and long-term care facilities
  • Assistant documentation requirements – co-signatures and responsibilities

Supervision and Delegation to Aides

  • Tasks that can performed by aides
  • Tasks that cannot be performed by aides
  • Therapist and assistant supervision and delegation responsibilities
  • Use of aides in different settings: outpatient, home health, hospital, and LTC

Reimbursement for Services Provided by Assistants and Aides

  • Medicare (including Advantage) – Medicare supervision guidelines
  • Upcoming Medicare changes to assistant reimbursement and modifiers
  • Texas Medicaid
  • Major private payers: BCBS, UnitedHealthcare, Aetna, Cigna, and Humana

Increasing Productivity with Assistive Personnel

  • Procedures per provider work hour
  • Allocation of tasks
  • Visits per day
  • Procedures per visit

Important Compliance Issues

  • Federal/State wage and overtime law
  • Independent contractor or employee status
  • Responsibility for conduct and patient injury

Fee: $35 for Members            $50 for Non-Members


OT: This webinar will qualify for 1 hour of OT CME credit in TX

Speaker: Zachary Edgar JD, LLM is the lead consultant for Therapy Comply.  Zachary is healthcare attorney who specializes in state healthcare regulatory issues particularly for physical and occupational therapy practices.  Zachary has spent the last seven years as in-house counsel for a physical therapy management company where he handled a wide variety of healthcare legal issues including: federal and state healthcare fraud and abuse laws, state professional and facility licensing issues, HIPAA, employment issues, and Medicare and Medicaid compliance specifically for physical and occupational therapy practices.  Zachary obtained his BA and JD from the University for Arizona and an LLM in healthcare law from Loyola University. 


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