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Exploring Reimbursement Pathways for Lifestyle Medicine and Health Promotion Services in Occupational Therapy.

Occupational therapy practitioners are uniquely qualified and positioned to offer both preventive and rehabilitative models of care. However, the status quo of current reimbursement models has created a barrier to occupational therapy practitioners receiving adequate reimbursement, if any, for doing...

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Published in:American Journal of Occupational Therapy Vol. 77; no. 3; pp. 1 - 7
Main Authors: Sadek, Amy, Billock, Christy, Jordan, Katie
Format: Journal Article
Published: American Occupational Therapy Association May/Jun2023
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
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          Sadek, Amy
          Billock, Christy
          Jordan, Katie
        affil: Amy Sadek, PhD, OTR/L, DipACLM, is Doctoral Capstone Coordinator and Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy Department, Hawai'i Pacific University, Las Vegas, NV
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          Occupational Therapy Practice Methods
          Health Promotion Economics
          Life Style Changes Economics
          Reimbursement Mechanisms Evaluation
          Critical Path
          Health Policy
          Occupational Therapists
          Multidisciplinary Care Team
          Models, Theoretical
          Conceptual Framework
          Professional Role
      ab: Occupational therapy practitioners are uniquely qualified and positioned to offer both preventive and rehabilitative models of care. However, the status quo of current reimbursement models has created a barrier to occupational therapy practitioners receiving adequate reimbursement, if any, for doing health promotion and lifestyle-focused work. In this Health Policy Perspectives article, we emphasize the need for reimbursement and propose pathways for new and perhaps untapped or underutilized models of reimbursement for occupational therapy practitioners. These pathways require education and advocacy efforts to showcase our distinct value as key reimbursable and interdisciplinary players in lifestyle medicine and health promotion work. In this Health Policy Perspectives article, we emphasize the need for reimbursement and propose pathways for new and perhaps untapped or underutilized models of reimbursement for occupational therapy practitioners.
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    language: English
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