Track I
Clinical Anatomy Update
Speaker: Francine Anderson,
PT, PhD
This course will serve as an anatomy
review
with an emphasis on the musculoskeletal
and nervous systems. In addition, the
presenter will discuss gross anatomy and
current PT concepts in today’s health care
management system using (plastinated)
cadaver specimens and diagnostic imaging.
This course will prepare participants
for
subsequent courses in the conference.
Upon completion of this
course, you’ll be able to:
• Identify gross anatomical components
of
the musculoskeletal and nervous systems
in a regional and systematic format.
• Describe the interactions of various
anatomical systems, with an emphasis on
functional outcomes.
• Summarize current trends in patient care
with regard to disease management and
prevention.
• Discuss technological advances relevant
to gross anatomy.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how
functional anatomy relates to improved
health outcomes.
• Identify anatomy structures on plastinated
cadaver specimens.
• Understand anatomical variations
through palpatory skills.
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Track II
Medical Screening for Physical
Therapists: A Lifespan Approach
Speaker: Dawn T Gulick,
PT, PhD, ATC, CSCS
This course will focus on developing advanced
clinical reasoning skills to determine
whether physical therapy is appropriate for
a patient/client. The presenter will identify
conditions that can mimic musculoskeletal
dysfunction. Medical screening, laboratory,
and diagnostic procedures commonly used
in the medical diagnosis of nonmusculoskeletal
diseases will be discussed.
Upon completion of this course,
you’ll be able to:
• Understand medical screening evaluation
of patients/clients.
• Identify signs and symptoms of systemic
origin affecting the cervical, thoracic,
and lumbar spine; sacroiliac joint; hip;
shoulder; and chest.
• Learn the referred pain patterns originating
from visceral organs and apply
appropriate palpation techniques.
• Screen efficiently and effectively for
cancer.
• Identify which conditions require immediate
medical referral.
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Track III
Keeping Your Eyes on the Prize:
The Role of the Physical Therapist
in Establishing a Foundation for
Lifelong Physical Activity for
Individuals With Disabilities
Speakers: Deborah
E Thorpe, PT, PhD, PCS, Sadye
Paez, Chris
Mackey
This course will address issues of health
promotion and fitness for individuals with
developmental disabilities through lecture,
case presentations, and open discussion.
The speakers will explore issues of accessibility
and participation as they relate to fitness
environments and fitness equipment.
Finally, participants will solve problems by
designing and implementing specific fitness
programs for individuals with developmental
disabilities across the lifespan.
Upon completion of this course,
you’ll be able to:
• Reflect upon the role of health
promotion theories, models, and policy in
influencing medical or popular health
and wellness initiatives and public health
campaigns.
• Use physical therapy assessment as an
opportunity to both educate and intervene
with patients/clients to promote
healthy behaviors and practices.
• Evaluate the evidence associating health
beliefs and self-efficacy with healthy
lifestyle changes.
• Discuss current research related to the
effects of aerobic exercise.
• Recognize the role of fitness and physical
activity in prevention of secondary conditions
in individuals with developmental
disabilities.
• Use research and programmatic knowledge
to design lifelong fitness and physical
activity programs for individuals with
developmental disabilities.
• Examine factors that act as facilitators
or barriers to participation in fitness
programs for individuals with disabilities,
including accessibility, motivation, etc.
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Track IV
Evaluation of Foot and Ankle
Pathomechanics: An Integrated
Approach
Speaker: Joshua A Bailey, PT, DPT, OCS,
CSCS, CPed
Designed primarily for physical therapists
and physical therapist assistants, this course
will address efficient biomechanical evaluation
of the lower quarter, physical therapy
differential diagnosis for selected foot and
ankle dysfunctions, as well as rehabilitation
techniques used in conservative patient/
client management and postoperative
treatment protocols. The presenters will
provide intermediate and advanced level
instruction in both classroom and laboratory
educational formats.
Upon completion of this course, you’ll be
able to:
• Apply a systematic approach to lower-extremity
biomechanical evaluation.
• Determine normal and pathological
lower-extremity function.
• Identify common clinical entities of the
foot and ankle through differential diagnostic
processes.
• Formulate and implement a comprehensive
foot and ankle therapeutic exercise
program.
• Identify normal and abnormal accessory
motion of ankle, rearfoot, and forefoot.
• Use appropriate mobilization techniques
to enhance joint range of motion.
• Determine when foot orthotic therapy is
an indicated treatment.
• Describe common surgical techniques of
the foot and ankle and their relationship
to postsurgical rehabilitation.
• Provide rationale for appropriate differential
diagnoses for rearfoot, forefoot
and ankle pathology.
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Track V
Fundamentals of Musculoskeletal
Imaging for Physical Therapists
Speaker: Lynn McKinnis, PT, OCS
This two-day seminar will provide a
fundamental understanding of the conventional
radiograph and advanced imaging
modalities used in orthopedic assessment.
The course will include lecture, with an
extensive collection of imaging slides, and a
written laboratory exercise requiring independent
viewing of images. The slide and
laboratory images comprise examples comparing
normal, trauma, and disease states
of the musculoskeletal system. A detailed
course handout includes radiographic tracings
and pertinent radiologic observations
for each projection in a radiographic series
of an anatomy region.
Upon completion of this course, you’ll be
able to:
• Understand the theory and technology
of radiology.
• Recognize normal and abnormal
anatomy on conventional radiograph.
• Identify definitive pathology on radiographs.
• Define radiologic orthopedic and descriptive
terms.
• Explain age-related changes in joints and
bones from pediatric to elder populations.
• Apply fracture/dislocation terminology
and classification, fracture healing, and
remodeling.
• Describe the radiologic characteristics of
common disease processes, including osteoporosis,
Paget disease, osteoarthritis,
rheumatoid arthritis, avascular necrosis,
and myositis ossificans.
• Recognize arthritic changes in vertebral
joints including cervical spondylosis,
foraminal encroachment, and degenerative
disc disease.
• Evaluate the differences in diagnostic
capabilities of radiology, computed tomography,
magnetic resonance imaging,
and radionuclide bone scans.
• Identify the routine radiologic series of
projections for the spine and extremities,
and the pertinent findings to look for on
each view.
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Track VI
Outpatient Therapy CPT/
ICD-9 Coding, Billing, and
Documentation for Rehabilitation
Reimbursement
Speaker: Rick Gawenda, PT
This comprehensive seminar will address
the ways in which Medicare and other
third-party payer policies apply to outpatient
rehabilitation therapy services. This
seminar is appropriate for OTs, OTAs, PTs,
PTAs, SLPs, rehabilitation program directors
and managers, and anyone else responsible
for billing, coding, and documentation
for outpatient therapy services provided
by private practices, hospital outpatient
departments, rehabilitation agencies,
comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation
facilities, home health agencies providing
therapy not under a home health plan of
care, and skilled nursing facilities.
Upon completion of this course, you’ll be
able to:
• Define service-based versus time-based
CPT codes.
• Understand and effectively use CPT
codes and G and L HCPCS Level II codes.
• Explain Correct Coding Initiative (CCI)
edits.
• Recognize when it is appropriate to use
modifier -59 and supply adequate documentation
to support its use.
• Apply ICD-9-CM coding guidelines to
outpatient therapy services.
• Understand how various insurance payers
determine medical necessity from
supporting ICD-9 codes.
• Charge correctly for the services you
provide using Medicare’s “8-minute rule.”
• Identify the most common reasons for
denials.
• Delineate the specific requirements for
physician referrals.
• Assess reasonable and necessary criteria
for skilled therapy services.
• Understand how to obtain adequate
reimbursement by providing the necessary
documentation to support skilled
therapy services..
• Write functional short and long-term
goals based on the patient’s/client’s functional
limitations.
• Understand the rationales for developing
plans of care and the reasons for certification/
recertification requirements.
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