Saturday, October 13, 2012

WPTA FALL CONFERENCE

SCHEDULE

Who We Are

Board of Directors

How We Got Here

Mission Statement

Primary Goals

Open Discussion

WHO WE ARE A Private Practice Special Interest Group of the

Wisconsin Physical Therapy Association, Inc.

Our Objective is to:

Establish & work toward the goals of the Private Practice Special Interest Group, and the WPTA.

Promote the development of Private Practice in Physical Therapy

Stimulate, encourage, promote and establish goals and priorities, and be able to carry them out within a reasonable time, with professional consultants or with our own membership.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Chairman: Tim Thorsen

Vice Chairman: Bryan Cummings

Treasurer: Brett Roberts

Secretary: Amy Snyder

Director At Large: Rich Larsen

HOW WE GOT HERE

Petition to start the PP-SIG ~Fall 2009

February 2010- Proposed to the WPTA Board of Directors to Start SIG, Voted & Approved

Spring 2010- General Membership Voted Approval

August 2010- Organizational meeting in Milwaukee

By-laws approved by the WPTA BOD in April 2011

May 2011-Elections for PPSIG Board of Directors

Summer/Fall 2011 – BOD Planning meetings

BOD Meetings Monthly May 2011- Present-Onsite at Fall/Spring Conference

MISSION STATEMENT

To foster growth, economic viability, sound

business and clinical practices

of physical therapist owned PT services

for the benefit of the public,

and to promote exclusive ownership

of PT services by PTs

in the State of Wisconsin.

PRIMARY GOALS

Primary Goal: A Unified Voice for Physical Therapy Private Practices in the State of Wisconsin

Networking/Membership Drive

Marketing/Public Relations

Education

Reimbursement

Legislation

NETWORKING/MEMBERSHIP

Update Emails

Linked-in Network for Members, transitioning to website members only discussion group

Phase II: Improve the master list of PT PPs in WI, WPTA members and non-members, initiated in collaboration with MU PT students,

Fall/Spring WPTA Conference Networking Events

Website and Blog: www.wptappsig.com

PPSIG Email: info@wptappsig.com

Goal 2013: Double our membership – each member brings 1 additional member

MARKETING/PUBLIC RELATIONS

Research current PP-SIGs in other states and their marketing campaigns, partner w/PPS and their marketing campaigns

Tri-State PPSIG Networking Event at PPS 2012 Vegas Oct 25th, Thursday 4:30 to 6:00 at Wynn (suite to be announced)

Goal 2015: 6 Figure Statewide Media Campaign to promote PT PP Services

EDUCATION

Spring /Fall Conference 2012 PPSIG Continuing Education

Lynn Steffes-Community Based Marketing

Rich Larsen-ACO’s-Pros, Cons, and Action Steps

Gwen Simmons-Games Payers Play, Using the Law to Get Paid

Approval for PPSIG Tract for WPTA Spring Conference 2013

Topic or Speaker Ideas?

Times: 8-12 or 2-5 on Friday April 19th 2013

REIMBURSEMENT ISSUES

Defending our current scope of practice from outside forces(ACOs, HOPTS, POPTS)

Explore unified contracting opportunities for improved reimbursement rates

Creating a members only directory to assist with insurance contracting and authorization issues

REIMBURSEMENT ISSUES

Immediate Saving to your clinic: Established a Group Purchasing Contract w/vendors to save your clinic money

PT-One PPS AC 2012 Meeting Set around Group

Purchasing for Professional Liability

Dynatronics

LEGISLATIVE ISSUES

Working to protect our scope of practice

Researching RC-2 on direction and delegation of the profession of Physical Therapy

Exploring co-pay legislation similar to Kentucky’s recent success

YEAR IN REVIEW!

Replacing By-Laws with PPSIG Policy and Procedure Manual

Created Group Purchasing Member Benefit

Hosted Networking Events at WPTA Spring/Fall Conference 2012, PPS Vegas 2012 Upcoming

Launched our website: www.wptappsig.com

Posting blogs on our PPSIG website

Created Phase I List of PPPT’s WI with MU

Hosted PPSIG CEU Courses at Spring/Fall WPTA Conferences 2012

YEAR IN REVIEW!

Midwest Regional Networking Group initiated at CSM 2012 Chicago with Illinois and Iowa PPSIG’s

Collaboration with WPTA EC on transitioning to centralized banking and leadership changes for districts/PPSIG

PPSIG Tool Kit: Direct Access Marketing Letter

Developed PPSIG Newsletter for Membership Updates

Expanded Membership to include students

Increased Membership from 30 to 41 members

FINANCIAL SUMMARY

STRATEGIC PLAN 2013

Membership

Grow 25% - add another 10 members

Comparative Value

PPSIG will create a position statement on RC-2

Survey membership on Pros/Cons

Sustainability

Complete Operations Manual for future BOD

Set up key committees (conference, social media, etc)

STRATEGIC PLAN 2013

Collaborative Care Models Create a web based tool kit for members to provide

mentorship, information, and strategies to sustain your practice with changes in healthcare environment

What can PPSIG do to help your practice have options?

PPS Member Videos on ACO’s from Vegas AC

Create Member’s Only side to website

RCS 1-4

It is important for our members to be aware of the proposed rule changes, their pros and cons and to reach out to our state delegates regarding our position on these.

House of Delegates met in June 2012 with further feasibility charged to committee for decision making in Summer 2014 for RC-2

Watch for upcoming emails with information on the RCs and our delegates to help you with this grassroots efforts

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

Expanding the BOD to seven (7) positions

Three open positions on the PPSIG BOD

Elections April 1-10th, 2013

3 year term on the Board

Please email nominees to info@wptappsig.com

HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?

OPEN DISCUSSION