What, Exactly are the rules a POPTS must follow? Where can I find them?

[Guest guest]

I am a private practice owner in Florida, lately I have had Medicare patients

come to me after being unhappy in a local POPTS. They described treatment by

non-licensed personnel and treatments during which the " PT " was seeing multiple

patients at the same time. I asked if the physician was on site during their

treatment session and they were unsure. i would like to be able to give them an

answer as to what is required under Medicare regulations so that they will be

informed when they complain to the referring physician. Does anyone have a firm

grasp on just what is required or can anyone direct me to a place to find these

regulations? Thanks!

E s, PT, DPT

Orthopedic Clinical Specialist

Fellow American Academy of Manual Physical Therapists

www.douglasspt.com