Therapists Page
"Enough is Enough.
We are Closing our Doors"
Close your Doors too on May 18th and Join the movement of thousands of other committed Physical Therapists alongside NYPTA to change the co-payment law in our state!
REGISTER NOW to participate in NYPTA's Lobby Day!
Watch this video produced by your colleague Physical Therapists for you!
Now you can make a decision: You can either stay on the sidelines waiting for insurance companies to decide for our future or you can TAKE ACTION NOW and create a better future for you and our profession. The choice is yours!
PHYSICAL THERAPIST 8 STEP ACTION LIST:
STEP 1) Join immediately PhysioCentralOnline.com This is the Online community for New York based Physical Therapists where you can learn all updates on the co-pay and other issues. To find out more about PhysioCentalOnline CLICK HERE to watch a special video explaining about this online community.
STEP 2) Make a commitment now to CLOSE YOUR DOORS on May 18th and join us and NYPTA along with your employees, associates, friends, family and patients in Albany for "Lobby Day". REGISTER HERE!
NYPTA will pay for several buses that will leave from various places for Albany. Carpool is also an option.
THE STRENGTH IS IN OUR NUMBERS. THE MORE PEOPLE WE GET INVOLVED THE BETTER THE OUTCOME!
BUY NOW THE "CLOSING MY DOORS" POSTER AND BROCHURE (SEE POSTER AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE). YOU GET 5 POSTERS AND 100 BROCHURES FOR $35 WHICH INCLUDES THE SHIPPING. CLICK HERE FOR ORDER FORM. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE $35 CHARGE IS JUST THE PRODUCTION COST AND NO PROFIT WAS MADE BY THIS. YOU CAN CALL DIRECTLY THE PRINTER TSO GENERAL PRINTING AT:
STEP 3) After you and your staff members, family members and friends Sign the Online Petition that the New York Physical Therapy Association has created to support legislation to change the co-pay law, have the petition site open at your front desk computer. Ask your patients to sign the online petition as they are at your office
STEP 4) Send a letter to your legislator to ask them to support legislation that proposes changes to the co-payment law. Click here for a sample letter.
Ask your patients to sign this letter too.
STEP 5) Call your insurance plan and your employer and tell them that you oppose the high co-pay plans for Physical Therapy.
STEP 6) WE NEED AS MUCH MEDIA EXPOSURE AS POSSIBLE!
Call your local newspapers and any of the media that you can reach and ask them to do a story about the high co-payment situation. Here is a story from ABC discussing the high co-pays for Physical Therapy.
If you know people from the various media ask them to feature our YOUTUBE video on "Fair Co-pays = Better Results"
STEP 7) Spread the word by posting our YOUTUBE "Fair Co-pays = Better Results" video to your web site, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace web sites. Send out mail blasts with our video. Here is our link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EzFiTJBzXM
STEP 8) Fill out the following form so that we keep you informed with any developments.
