Occupational therapists exempt from wheelchair evaluation certification
Rehab Regs, December 21, 2007
The American Occupational Therapy Association's (AOTA) hard work for the past two years has paid off. The proposed requirement for occupational therapy wheelchair evaluations under Medicare has been eliminated, according to an AOTA press release. CMS was originally pushing for a requirement where OTs would need an additional certification to perform wheelchair evaluations for higher-end power devices. The association states that performing wheelchair evaluations is within the profession's scope of practice. Originally OTs and PTs would need certification as RESNA Assistive Technology Practitioners in order to perform the evaluations. This would limit the number of therapists available to evaluate patients and hinder a patient's wheelchair access, according to the release.
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