As part of our unwavering commitment to our patients and clinicians, ATI partnered to found the Alliance for Physical Therapy Quality and Innovation (APTQI) in 2014 and continues serving as a board member with other outpatient therapy companies. These partnerships allow ATI to leverage our size with other like-minded companies to advocate for reimbursement, changes in authorization/credentialing, state board regulations, and other essential factors that influence industry progress. In April, CEO Sharon Vitti traveled to Washington, D.C., with members of APTA and APTQI to advocate for the SAFE and REDUCE Acts to improve PT access and reimbursement. 

Join Sharon and the rest of us in the PT profession in raising our collective voice. Together, we can advocate for our profession and our patients. You can learn more here: Policy agenda for summary of proposed Acts.

Call to Action: Support the SAFE and REDUCE Acts

The SAFE Act

The SAFE Act provides seniors with a fall record in the past year with a free annual fall risk assessment by a PT or OT. The SAFE Act benefits our patients and could shield us from future cuts, as it would compel Health & Human Services to track the downstream savings that the therapy intervention provided. 

Please take a moment to write in support of the SAFE Act. The process takes less than one minute: Ask Your Lawmaker to Support the SAFE Act.

The REDUCE Act

The REDUCE Act no longer requires a signed Plan of Care (POC) if the patient comes in with a referral. With this Act in place, the clinician will still create and send a POC but does not require a physician’s signature for the plan to be considered certified. Instead, the plan is approved after 30 days regardless of whether the referring physician has signed it, resulting in less administrative burden for our front-end offices.

Please take a moment to write in support of the REDUCE Act. The process takes less than one minute: Ask Your Lawmaker to Support the REDUCE Act.  

Please take a few minutes to have your voice heard in support of these critical pieces of legislation. The APTQI has collected over 5000 letters and aims for 50,000, so every letter counts. Together, we can make an impact and continue to improve access and reimbursement.