Remembering Year 2005
My, my… how time flies!
As I’m going through some files and old OT Practice magazines I’ve kept over the years, I came across this February 2005 copy. This was the year I took the leap from being a staff OT to being a full time private practitioner. From 2001 to 2005, after starting my practice, I was still working as a staff therapist during regular working hours, then seeing my private patients after hours and during weekends. I’ll never forget this year, because this was also the year Medicare coverage criteria and reimbursement policies started changing for durable medical equipment (DME) and directly affecting my practice and my patients. I remember receiving e-mails on my blackberry while at Medtrade of the newly released policy changes, and it hasn’t stopped changing since. Today, I look back and reflect on all that has happened over these last 6 years….. and a lot has changed. As Medicare continues to cut reimbursement and implement competitive bidding, where will we be in another 6 years?
As we move into the second half of 2011, great things are on the horizon including our project in writing the AOTA Official Document “Specialized Knowledge and Skills on Complex Seating and Wheeled Mobility in Occupational Therapy Practice”. I’m proud to be a part of this project and honored to work with such a great group of OT’s!
Leave a Reply