re: Regulations: Are They a Necessary ‘Evil’?

Christie ,, — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:27:02 GMT

The issue isn't the amount of regulation, its the quality of the regulation and is it meeting its intended purpose?

When I cannot charge a manual therapy and a therapeutic activity in the same session and no one can give me a good reason why and gosh darn it, some people need a manual procedure and then need to do some type of activity to restore their function after....this is where regulation breaks down and misses its intended target.

When a comma leads to controversy over who gets which share of the intervention...this is where regulation breaks down and misses its intended target.

When I have to sit there with my patient one on one while they spend ten minutes on the bike because I cannot "double" my patients without severe reduction in payment...this is where regulation breaks down and misses its intended target. I should be paid for my expertise and outcomes and not by how closely I watch someone exercise.