Welcome to South Africa

IPPTA General Meeting

Singapore 2015

PhysioFocus at Harrogate 2013

Scope of Practice

Billing Guide

NHI

PhysioFocus at New Zealand 2014

Certificate of Need

Medical Funder Claw Backs

Billing Guide

Strategic Alliances

What do you need to Practice Physiotherapy in

South Africa ?

Requirements for registration of practitioners who qualified overseas

• Foreign trained physiotherapists wanting to work in South Africa need to write a national exam - held twice a year

• Work in government setting for 2 years• Register with the HPCSA as an independent contractor

before being able to work in the private setting• Contact Geraldine Kintu (GeraldineK@hpcsa.co.za)

Requirements for registration of practitioners who qualified overseas

1. All foreign qualified Physiotherapists are required to sit for an examination concluded by the Board, twice per year

2. Form 49

3. Form 146

4. Certificate of Status, issued by foreign registration authority

5. Original certificate of Qualifications or copy thereof certified by Notary Public

6. Certified copy of ID document or passport with a clear photograph

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All correspondence should be addressed to:

The RegistrarHealth Professions Council of South AfricaProfessional Board for Physiotherapy, Podiatry and BiokineticsPO Box 205Pretoria0001

EMAIL: registrar@hpcsa.co.za

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Council of Medical Schemes Enquiry

RE: Medical Funder Claw Backs

Letter to Council of Medical Schemes

Apart from causing severe hardship, severe accounting difficulties (e.g. taxes had already been paid on these amounts), the non-compliance with the letter of the law (e.g. regulation 6(4)), and the wrong interpretation thereof (e.g. assumptions of fraud or unprofessional conduct, instead of proven fraud or misconduct) in these cases are problematic.

Letter to Council of Medical Schemes

Furthermore, the threat of non-payment, or the reversal of payments or the direct payment to patients pose enough of a commercial threat to providers that some sign, and actually change their coding behaviour in an effort to secure continued direct payments from the scheme. This in turn leads to coding behaviour that does not reflect the reality of the situation, i.e. where the patient was indeed receiving essential continuation of care after hours or over weekends.

Accreditation

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What is the purpose of being Accredited ?

• Customer satisfaction• Profitability• Market Leadership• Post graduate “Internship/Mentor”• International and National trend• NHI • Adhere to ethical rules and other legislation

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SASP Accreditation process to follow

• Preparation – how long?• Application form• DTE – Desk Top Evaluation• OSE – On Site Evaluation • Who is the evaluator?• Annual evaluations • Accredited: valid for FIVE years

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General principles

• All ethical rules and other legislation MUST be adhered to

and is not negotiable• Opening the CD you will find folders listed which contain

ALL the information linked to the different criteria on the

actual Accreditation programme. • In the “Accreditation Overview” folder, look out for the

checklists and the EXCEL spreadsheet – “Standards of

Accreditation”

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Standards

Standard 1: Management standard Standard 2: Standard Operating Procedures Standard 3: Human Resources Standard 4: Facilities and equipment Standard 5: Quality Management system

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The physiotherapy facility is organised and administered to provide optimum quality of care according to the

objectives of the physiotherapy practice. This facility should function in accordance with the Practice

Accreditation programme (PAP), HPCSA and SASP Ethical Principles, Clinical Standards and Guidelines.

Standard 1: Management

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Standard 2: Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)

The operations of the physiotherapy facility comply with the Accreditation Program, Clinical Standards and Guidelines endorsed by the SASP, HPCSA Ethical

Principles and all other relevant legislation. There is an integrated approach to ensure that all processes within

the physiotherapy facility work together towards achieving the practice's mission and objectives.

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Standard 3: Human Resources

Through their skills, knowledge and actions, staff play a pivotal role in achieving the practice objectives. Staff shall participate in appropriate educational programs and shall be guided and directed by the practice principal to ensure

that they continue to grow and develop themselves

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Standard 4: Facilities And Equipment

Appropriate facilities and equipment are available to ensure the efficient operation of the practice and for

quality patient management.

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Standard 5: Quality Management

The practice shall institute quality management principles, which monitor the quality of service delivery and continually review and improve

service delivery.

Risk Stratification Model in LBP

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Benefits of early referral

Early physiotherapy has been strongly associated with decreased use of lumbosacral injections, physician office visits for low back pain, and lumbar surgery, when compared with physiotherapy that occurred at later times

Gellhorn, A C, Chan L, Martin B and Friedly J. 2012 Management Patterns in Acute Low Back Pain: the Role of Physical Therapy. Spine 2012 37(9): 775-782

The SASP has developedEvidence-based clinicalguidelines for themanagement of low backpain (with or without radiculopathy) of less than3 months duration byphysiotherapists inSouth Africa. Evidence ‐based. Embedded in theBiopsychosocial model. Patient ‐centered care

Sub grouping and targeted carefor primary care low back pain

A simple prognosticquestionnaire that helps clinicians identifymodifiable risk factors (biomedical, psychological and social) for back pain disability

Social Responsibility Projects

Sukumani Project we donated R7000-00 to this project PhysioFocus/Hitech Raffle – After being approached by numerous lecturers to support students of need. We asked Hi-tech for possible help, an awesome initiative was implemented. An ultrasound machine was donated which was raffled at R100-00 per ticket and all proceeds would go to the students in need.  105 tickets sold. 2 students help.

We managed to help two more students at the end of last year, with the help from a corporate partner

Thank you

Hope to see you in South Africa in 2017