http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills info@washingtonwatch.com http://www.pjdoland.com/chai/?v=0.1 http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1846.html#47406 Most medicare patients are not athletes.... 47406@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:29:13 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1846.html#47293 I am a certified and licensed athletic trainer who graduated from an accredited university program in which we spent every semester in contact with athletes and practicing the skills that we have learned. We practice our skill every day and fine tune them with input from physicians while working hand in hand with PTs. We are exposed to more numerous and wide ranging injuries in one day than a PT working in a clinic. We have extensive training and education in modalities, evaluation and rehabilitation. If you have ever worked with an ATC you would know that we are just as qualified as PTs. The biggest difference is that PTs can bill and athletic trainers cannot. If we work together, PTs and ATCs can provide a much better quality of care for all patients.... 47293@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:22:13 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1846.html#46271 To ajc- Please do not write about things that you cannot spell. You have proven the point that only therapy professionals, who are extensively trained and have abundant knowledge of the human body and its physiology, should be allowed to treat these individuals. Athletic trainers are simply unqualified.... 46271@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:06:08 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1846.html#33275 I am a PTA/ATC and I can say that a majority of ATC's in the clinical setting know a lot more than the therapy staff. They are educated more than I am about indications and contraindications of modalities, evalutation techniques and rehabilitation, just to name a few, which they all have had in school. They are regulated by the same educational board as other professions, and ATC's have to have a lot more continuing education than therapists do. My hopes is that the physical therapy members and athletic trainers can learn to work together rather than against eachother. Remember, it's about the patients.... 33275@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:50:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1846.html#32781 First, of all Athletic Trainers are educated on the contraindication of modalities. Second, the bill is not to treat Medicare patients. Most Trainers ARE licensed, under wich they are not to treat Medicare. The reason for the new bill is most insurances follow Medicare regulations. If Trainer are allowed to bill under Medicare, the rest of the insurances will follow. Also you have not read the licenses for athletic Trainers. There are spacific regulations to whom they can treat. Please dont write about things you do not understand.... 32781@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:32:12 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1846.html#31179 This bill is irresponsible and neglects the needs and safety of Medicare patients. Athletic Trainers are not prepared for the demands of screening for contraindications of modalities through their current formal training. Additionally, only licensed therapists should be performing any form of therapy on patients.... 31179@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:51:23 EST