Cameron MacDonald

APTA Advocacy in Action. Faced with Medicaid payment cuts of 8.5%, the Colorado therapy community rallied and not only beat back the cuts, but won a 1.6% payment increase. #StandUpForPT #APTACO

Mechanisms of manual therapy umbrella review. Open access in PLOS One. journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… One of the largest reviews I've ever been involved in. Led by @DamianKeter

AAHM 2022 Conference - Paget Bonesetters: MacDonald CW youtu.be/KrBu2Fl4zSg via @YouTube #AAHM22 virtual poster!!!!

Why get involved? Because you have given so much to be in this career. That investment can't stop now. Let's be better TOGETHER. Your Delegates want to represent YOU. Let me know if this is helpful or any thoughts you have below. #BetterTogether #PTTwitter 10/10

When it comes to low back pain presenting to the ED- early physical therapy means lower costs (mean = $3,806) than those in the delayed physical therapy group (mean = $8,689). Solid paper @JakeMagel @jfritzpt academic.oup.com/ptj/article/10…

Should you author your own dissection guide? Should it be digital? Will your students' outcomes improve? All this and more in our recent publication in @MedSciEdu RTs appreciated 📚 link.springer.com/article/10.100… #AnatEdu #AnatTech #Anatomy #Dissection #eBook #TEL #AnatomyLab

Review of timing of physical therapy for acute low back pain. Significant effects in the short term but not long term. We need to prove that the juice is worth the squeeze! @CUPhysMed #GerstenDay2020

House Bill 20-212 passes 64-1 and is now headed to Gov. Polis to create permanent access and reimbursement parity for Telehealth as a viable means of providing Physical Therapist services for all Coloradans. #APTACO #APTA

#APTACSM in Denver was outstanding, and next year is going to be even better! Don’t wait: save the date for #APTACSM 2021 in Orlando, when we’ll celebrate #APTA100 at Universal Studios!

Clarification- first 6 visits have no utilization review, no referral requirements and no 3rd party involvement.

Phew, I thought I was going to have to walk home...CONGRATULATIONS ALL

We are moving to reach 150 million steps! Join the challenge! #APTACSM #APTACO

A pleasure to be the host for 17000 PT Friends! #APTACSM #APTACO

The APTA Centennial countdown has begun! centennial.apta.org/centennial-tim…

APTA CO is thankful to be able to support all of these opportunities to reach into and support our communities.

Due to APTA’s extensive advocacy efforts, the NCCI contractor has notified APTA that CMS will resolve the CPT coding change that prevented certain eval and activity codes from being furnished and billed on the same day for same patient. CMS to provide further details. Stay tuned!

Medicare NCCI edits reversed that were commencing. APTA national will update over next 24 hours. Advocacy at work. #APTACO

The count down to the Centennial celebration will kick off ar CSM in Denver in 28 days!

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