Individual

Highlights:

Treasurer 2

Delegate 2

FAL 4

PTA Caucus 4

Public Relations 5

Education 7

Business Mtg 8

Contacts 13

The Official Publication of the South Dakota Physical Therapy Association

Greetings PTs and PTAs,

I am amazed at that this will be my final message to the SDPTA members as President already. The last two years have gone by at an overwhelming pace. It feels like it has been only months since I sat down to formulate my goals and priorities as President. Two years seems like a period of time that would allow one to get a fair amount tasks completed but how quickly those months turn into two years.

I would like to begin by thanking all of the members who so freely have given their time and dedication to the Association over the last two years. We have some wonderful people who do great deal of work that largely goes unseen by most members, but certainly the SDPTA could not function without them. First of all, Shelley DeMarais has been wonderful to work with and has consistently been willing to go the extra-mile for the good of our Association. Please, take time to thank her at the Fall Meeting for all of her time. The Executive Board members have shown patience with me and have always been encouraging - Thank you all! All of the committee leaders and volunteers who tirelessly make events happen and projects move along - truly this is where the real work of the Association occurs. And finally, all of the members who continue to show their support and stay involved in the SDPTA - Thank you for making this a professional association with power in numbers.

The Fall Meeting will bring a transition in our Presidency as well as some very transforming topics for our Profession in South Dakota. Our last meeting in Deadwood established three of Task Forces to look into some very important items that will be discussed during the Fall Meeting. One group was charged to look at the Practice Act changes that will be necessary to usher in Continuing Education Requirements in addition to other areas of the Practice Act that need to be updated and addressed. Another group was given the task to assess the pros and cons of constructing our own PT Licensing Board and how the process of constructing this Board would work best. The final Task Force was assigned website and social media progression and how the SDPTA could better utilize these tools for our members and patients. Each of these Task Force groups will present a report at the Fall Meeting with recommendations to be made. Please be sure to pass this information along to all of your fellow PTs and PTAs so everyone knows the discussions taking place and can offer their opinion at this critical time.

I feel very fortunate to have been given the honor to serve as your Association President over the last few years, and have enjoyed getting to know so many of you through Pub Nights, Capital Days, and Spring and Fall Meetings. I look forward to continuing to be involved in the SDPTA and would encourage you all to look for opportunities to volunteer and become more involved.

Thanks again for your trust and support,

Andy York, PT

SDPTA President

President’s Message by Andy York, PT, MSPT, GCS

Fall 2016

Volume 36, Issue 2

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Treasurer’s Report by Bill Meredith, PT, OC

The SDPTA assets consist of-

1. Wells Fargo checking account-$42,869.

2. Vanguard-Total- $282,054.

3. Wells Fargo plus Vanguard =$324,923.

The Vanguard Mutual funds:

1. Cash-$79,480.

2. Total Stock Market-$47,726.

3. Mid Cap Index-$11,759.

4. Small Cap Index-$12,069.

5. Real Estate Investment Trust Index-$23,905.

6. Wellington Fund-$14,430.

7. GNMA Bond Fund-$50,496.

8. IShares Preferred Stock ETF-42,054.

Delegate Report by Joy R. Karges, PT, EdD, MS, CLT

Patti Berg-Poppe and I attended the 2016 APTA House of Delegates in Nashville, TN in June, 2016. Of the 19 RCs on the agenda this year, 16 passed, 1 was referred to the Board of Directors, 1 was withdrawn, and 1 was postponed indefinitely. You can see the full motion language in the House of Delegates minutes via the following link: http://communities.apta.org/p/do/sd/sid=2721&type=0 Here are some highlights of the RCs based on aspects of the APTA Vision for the Physical Therapy Profession (2013) “Transforming society by optimizing movement to improve the human experience”:

Transforming Society o RC 4-16 Amend: Consumer Protection Through Licensure of Physical Therapists and Physical

Therapist Assistants (HOD P06-14-08-18) (PASSED) “…APTA supports the recognition of the regulatory designation of a physical therapist or physical

therapist assistant as taking precedence over other credentials or letter designations. To promote consistent communication within and external to the profession in the presentation of credentials and letter designations, the association shall recognize the following preferred order:

1. PT/PTA (the regulatory designation 2. Highest earned physical therapy-related degree 3. Other regulatory designations 4. Other earned academic degree(s)”

“All other designations, such as American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties certifications, credentials external to the APTA, and other certifications or professional honors, should not use acronyms or abbreviations but should, if used, be written out. In the case of stationary, business cards, signage, advertising, or signature lines, such descriptions should be placed below the line containing the name and letter designations specified in 1 through 4 above. …”

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o RC 19-16 Adopt: Endorsement of National Efforts Addressing the Opioid Health Crisis (PASSED UNANIMOUSLY)

“Whereas, In 2016 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the White House have declared that inappropriate opioid use has led to an epidemic of misuse, abuse and even death among thousands of Americans;

Whereas, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the White House have initiated efforts to address this health crisis, including a call for nondrug alternatives for the management of pain; and

Whereas, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recognized physical therapist services as preferred and cost effective in management of chronic pain;

Resolved, That the American Physical Therapy Association endorses the national efforts by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the White House to address opioid abuse and dependence and the recognition of physical therapist services as an effective nondrug alternative for addressing pain.

Proviso: This position will be retired upon completion of the efforts by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the White House.”

Transforming the Profession o RC 7-16 Adopt: Definition of Professional Scope of Practice (REFERRED TO THE BOARD OF

DIRECTORS) “DEFINITION OF PROFESSIONAL SCOPE OF PRACTICE – The physical therapist’s

professional scope of practice includes the management of individuals, communities, and populations to optimize movement, thereby improving health and quality of life. This scope is grounded in contemporary education, best available evidence, and ethical conduct. Dynamic in nature, the professional scope of practice is responsive to innovation and collaboration, which enables physical therapists to transform practice, policy, and society.”

o RC 8-16 Adopt: Oncologic Physical Therapy as an Area of Specialization (PASSED) “That oncologic physical therapy be approved as an area of specialization, and that it be added as

an approved specialty area to Clinical Specialization in Physical Therapy.” “That oncologic physical therapy be approved as an area of specialization through the American

Board of Physical Therapy Specialties.”

o RC 11-16 Charge: Evaluation and Plan to Address Student Debt in Physical Therapy (PASSED UNANIMOUSLY)

“That the American Physical Therapy Association evaluate existing and emerging data from internal and external sources, such as the American Council of Academic Physical Therapy and the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education, to identify potential effects of student loan debt upon the physical therapy profession, and develop a plan with feasible options to address the identified issues, with implementation initiated no later than June 2018.”

o RC 12-16 Charge: Plan for Achieving Practice Authority for Ordering and Performing Imaging

Studies (PASSED) “That the American Physical Therapy Association develop and promote a plan to achieve practice

authority for ordering and performing imaging studies across practice settings.”

Transforming the Association o RC 13-16 Election to Honorary Membership in the American Physical Therapy Association:

Richard L. Lieber, PhD (PASSED) o RC 15-16 Charge: Preserving and Accessing the Past, Present, and Future Histories of the

Physical Therapy Profession and Association (PASSED) “That the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) commit to the preservation of the

histories of the physical therapy profession and the association and to making appropriate historical information accessible to society in preparation for the APTA centennial celebrations by developing and implementing short-term and long-range plans to preserve and display these and future histories.”

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FAL Update by John Rounds, PT, DPT

As Congress is on Summer recess not a lot is going on at this time, so here is an update on what bills we are

currently working with the APTA on to push through:

- Sports Licensure Bill- PTs are now included. Trial attorneys are now okay with the legislative language and was

passed out of committee a few weeks ago. Hopefully this will be on the House floor in September.

- Research legislation- working with the DRRC on this bill. Passed the Senate (as part of the 21st

Century Cures

Companion language). Could be part of a public health service mark-up in the House in the fall. Additionally, at some

point the House and Senate will go to conference about 21st

Century Cures, hopefully this happens in the fall.

- Telemedicine- working on both the Medicare Telehealth Parity Act (HR 2948) and the CONNECT for Health Act (HR

4441).

- Workforce bill now has 100 cosponsors again, may join bills with the Optometrist bill in the next Congress.

- Locum Tenens has a chance of being marked-up in Energy and Commerce in September.

- Medicare Therapy Cap Repeal - Representative Noem recently signed on as a cosponsor. Unfortunately, Congress has until 2017 to deal with this, so may not get much traction prior to the election.

PTA Caucus by Michelle Grant, PTA

I have spent the last year settling into my role as the PTA caucus Representative. It has been a fun learning

experience to see the inner workings of our state association, as well as at the national level. I have met and

collaborated with a great bunch of people on how to progress our profession and best serve out patients.

This summer I attended the PTA caucus meeting in Nashville, as well as the House of Delegates. The caucus was

focused on defining our role in the association and developing a plan to best implement those changes. We are

going to focus on bringing value to the member, recognizing strengths and providing opportunities for our PTA

members throughout the association, as well as developing a more concrete succession plan to improve the

efficiency of the caucus. The caucus also discussed the proposed changes that would be presented at the House of

Delegates to ensure the PTA’s best interests were considered and represented, and worked with the sections to

amend things as we deemed necessary. It was a very productive house and some great changes were made that will

aid in the advancement of the APTA.

I look forward to another year as your SDPTA Caucus representative and meeting up with the rest

of the group in Boston next summer.

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Public Relations Committee Report by Brandie Rainboth, DPT, OCS

Join the #ChoosePT campaign….

I would like to encourage all members to educate yourselves on the #ChoosePT campaign by the APTA.

There has been a lot of media surrounding the opioid epidemic in our nation. A recent article on CNN featured news that

the US Surgeon General will be sending letters to physicians urging them to take part in the battle against the opioid

epidemic, accompanied by a card that specifically mentions physical therapy as one of the preferred first-line approaches

for treatment of chronic pain. The CDC has also included physical therapy in treatment guidelines for chronic pain.

This is a great opportunity for our profession to step it up and show the public, physicians, legislators, insurers

how valuable physical therapy is in the treatment of musculoskeletal conditions, including chronic pain.

#ChoosePT #GetPT1st

How you can help!

APTA has great resources of information. Below is a link to a toolkit with many ideas from sharing info on Facebook to

writing position letters to local newspapers.

http://www.moveforwardpt.com/ChoosePT/Toolkit

Like and Share info posted on SDPTA Facebook page.

www.facebook.com/SDPTA

Educate your patients.

#ChoosePT toolkit offers a 1-page campaign handout that can be given to patient.

Be looking for more information from PR Committee in future on how you can continue to participate in advocating our

profession and #ChoosePT campaign.

SDPTA Billboards are up!

SDPTA Billboards promoting PT profession, including our logo and MoveFowardPT.com. They are located near Rapid

City on I-90 and north of Sioux Falls on I-29. They will be up for 3 months, including October for National Physical

Therapy Month.

SDPTA Billboard N of Sioux Falls SDPTA Billboard Exit 55 Rapid City

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This fall there are more opportunities for members to get involved.

Senior Games – Aberdeen – August 24-28th, 2016

Volunteers Needed! SD Senior Games is hosted in Aberdeen this year. Volunteer opportunity to assist with the Senior

Athlete Fitness Exam (SAFE) developed by SDPTA member, Becca Jordre, DPT, GCS. MoveForward and SDPTA logo items

will be distributed to athletes during event.

SDPTA is a proud sponsor of the SD Senior Games.

USD Medical Student Presentation – October 2016

PR Committee will also be hosting a presentation luncheon to USD medical students to educate them on the physical

therapy profession during National Physical Therapy Month.

If you are interested in volunteering or presenting, please contact me at brandie.rainboth@gmail.com

October is National Physical Therapy Month!

This is a great opportunity to provide community education. Consider giving a presentation in your local communities on

backpack safety, fall prevention, or osteoporosis prevention. APTA has great resources for community education:

http://www.apta.org/PRMarketing/Consumers/PatientHandouts/.

I also encourage everyone to check out our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/SDPTA. Current events of SDPTA will be

posted, along with current articles, news, videos and events that can be shared to help promote the benefits of physical

therapy.

Other news:

We have applied for APTA Community Awareness Grant and will be notified by October 2016 if awarded. The Community

Awareness Grant helps largely fun SDPTA PR campaigns.

Be looking for the SDPTA ad in SDMagazine this Sept/Oct and Nov/Dec issues. Please update your FindAPT profiles, as this

is included in the ad campaign to promote consumer to find PTs in local region that are APTA members. You can update

your profile at www.apta.org/FindAPT.

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Education Committee by Lynn Simon PT, DPT, ATC

Thank you to those who attended the Spring Conference in Deadwood. We had a great turnout for the

Courses: TRANSFORMING AGING

By Evidence In Motion and EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF THE WRIST AND HAND by Allison Naber OTR/L.

Once again the Fall Conference has a great line-up of courses.

Managing the Young Adult Hip and Managing Patellofemoral Joint Pathology by Jill Monson PT, CSCS

Jill Monson, PT, CSCS has practiced as an orthopaedic physical therapist for the past nine years, with an emphasis on

sports medicine, complex surgical and non-surgical conditions of the lower extremity, and movement pattern dysfunction

contributing to overuse injury and performance decline. Jill earned her physical therapy degree at St. Catherine University in

Minneapolis, Minn. She completed her undergraduate degree at Duke University, where she also competed as a Division I

athlete in the sport of volleyball. Jill holds credentialing for training and rehabilitating high level athletes as a Certified

Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS).

Her educational background, athletic experience, clinical exposure and close partnerships with expert orthopaedic surgeons

have all enhanced her awareness of the full spectrum of critical concerns in the domains of physical rehabilitation and

athletic performance. Her expertise covers pathologic joint biomechanics, kinematics and muscle activation pattern

pathology, post-injury/surgery healing principles, and non-operative/post-operative rehabilitation progressions, and return to

sport.

This breadth of knowledge has been a critical foundation for establishing Ms. Monson as an expert in the field of orthopaedic

sports medicine rehabilitation.

The Lost Art & Science of Foot Orthotic Therapy by Brian Davis PT, MS

Brian Davis, P.T., MS, has developed a clinical specialty in the area of evaluation, management and application of foot orthotic

therapy and shoe wear modification for individuals with lower body injury or dysfunction. He has been consulting, evaluating,

and fabricating custom designed foot orthotics since 1988. Mr. Davis received specialty training as a Pedorthist from the

Eneslow Institute and New York College of Podiatric Medicine, in 2002. He is an experienced educator, a former clinical

assistant professor at SUNY Stony Brook and adjunct professor at Touro College, schools of Physical Therapy. Mr. Davis is

a nationally invited guest lecturer on multiple topics related to physical therapy including foot & ankle biomechanics, evaluation,

management and foot orthoses therapy. He is the president and CEO of Davis Foot Orthotic Solutions Inc., a specially practice

that provides consultation, education and foot orthotic fabrication services. Mr. Davis performs all phases of shoe wear

modification and hand crafted custom designed foot orthotics, utilizing a unique approach not offered anywhere else on the

current market.

I hope to see you at the Conference!

IF you have any speakers you would like to see for a future State Conference, please let me know.

Lynn Simon PT, DPT, ATC

Lynn.Simon@BigStoneTherapies.com

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SDPTA Meeting

Agenda

April 2nd, 2016

Start: 5:32 Quorum met

1. Approval of Minutes- Approved

2. Treasurer's Report

a. Assets:

i. WF checking: $61,284.16

ii. Vanguard cash: $78,912.73

iii. Vanguard GNMA bonds: $50,124.01

iv. Preferred stock, ishares, PFF: $40,010.88

v. Vanguard stock: $102,153.47

vi. Total: $322,485.35

b. Close to goal of 1/3 each of cash, bonds and stock

c. Will make money from cont ed courses and will allocate money into cash, bonds, and stock

3. Strategic Plan Review / Update

a. In 3rd year of current format

b. Goal 1: It is the goal of this Association to enable physical therapists to consistently use best

practices to improve the quality of life of their patients and clients.

i. Strategy 1: Create a focus group to identify webpage updates.

1. Working on getting a task force set up first to get a subcommittee set up

ii. Strategy 2: Educate membership about available resources from APTA for best practice

(clinical practice guidelines, current research, etc)

1. Working on it

c. Goal 2: It is the goal of this Association to be a recognized leader in supporting physical therapists

in the delivery of patient and client centered care across the lifespan.

i. Strategy 1: Explore continuing education opportunity to understand new models of

reimbursement to PTs, Administrators and MDs.

1. Exploring cont ed options

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ii. Strategy 2: Create local learning groups that will meet and discuss journal articles, current

CPGs (clinical practice guidelines) and other hot topics.

1. Pub night membership drive hoping to continue or explore different options;

d. Goal 3: It is the goal of this Association to empower physical therapists to demonstrate and

promote high standards of professional and intellectual excellence

i. Strategy 1: Advocate for continuing education requirements

1. Advocating for cont ed requirements and work in progress

ii. Strategy 2: Explore the creation of new SIGs within the SDAPTA

1. Moving towards task forces

2. Embracing process of getting special interest groups going, but in a different way;

3. Private practice would be an area of a specific SIG;

iii. Strategy 3: Develop social media communication

1. Website and design and social media Facebook, Twitter and looking to expand with

a task force.

iv. Strategy 4: Engage like professions in shared interests such as continued education and

legislative priorities

1. Working on meeting up with OT for combined cont ed and meetings.

2. Working on communication with OT

e. Goal 4: It is the goal of this Association to be a recognized leader in setting the standards for

physical therapy service delivery and establishing and promoting the value of physical therapist

practice to all stakeholders.

i. Strategy 1: Educate customers about physical therapy.

1. Educating consumers with billboard project, website work;

ii. Strategy 2: Improve membership numbers and active participation of members.

1. Membership drive and working on active participation in chapter.

iii. Strategy 3: Assess current communication with membership.

1. Communication with membership- paper mail, social media and trying to cover all

basis

4. Committee Reports

a. Ethics- no ethic concerns at this time

b. FAL – John Rounds- not present at this time;

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i. Update from Andy: John chosen as member of focus group.

ii. Working on repealing therapy cap.

c. Reimbursement – Trisha Rieffenberger- could not be here;

i. PTAs not being able to see Medicaid patients in private practice and trying to set up

meeting for explanation.

d. State Legislative Affairs – Phil Moe

i. 3 bills being looked at

1. Massage therapist negotiated out in session

2. Chiropractor bill about getting into health systems

a. Bill ended up getting deferred

3. Bill to offer different levels of insurance products

a. Bill got deferred.

e. House of Delegates – Joy Karges-could not be here

i. Just received final draft from House of Delegates.

ii. Quiet this year and not much going on

iii. How therapists write out their qualifications after name will be addressed

1. Any certifications of therapist are spelled out under name

f. PAC – Leonard Suel

i. Report in newsletter

ii. Will be quiet legislative wise.

iii. Looking into ways to do some fundraisers.

g. Public Relations – Brandie Rainboth

i. Volunteer opportunities

1. Special Olympics state summer games Black Hills State May 20-21st

2. State Senior games in Aberdeen Aug 24th

3. Med student presentations in Oct

ii. Billboard campaign;

1. One by Rapid City on I-90 and one on I-29 by Dell Rapids Aug-Oct

2. Ad campaign in South Dakota magazine in 3 different issues

h. Nominating – Wade Fligge

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i. Elections in the fall.

i. Education – Lynn Simon-

i. 54 people between the 2 courses this weekend

ii. Will make $10,000

iii. Fall meeting is Sept 24th and 25th

1. Jill Munson- Ortho on hip and knee

2. Foot/orthotic is second course

j. Membership – Chris Barrett

i. 456 total members

1. 358 PT members

2. Up 20 members last 6 months

3. 25 PTAs

4. 98 student numbers;

5. Trying to contact new grads, current members;

6. Putting together fall table meeting on resources that you aren’t aware of.

7. 1st 5 years of practice is difficult to keep members

5. Old Business

a. Continuing Education Requirement update

i. At fall meeting thought we could move forward to legislative rules committee, but not able

to move forward.

ii. Nothing has changed with draft document.

iii. Now have to look at rules and regulations to see how to move forward.

iv. Language was too vague to put into rules and regulations.

b. By-law Review

i. Mandatory 5-year by-law review for national compliance

ii. Mostly format and language changes.

iii. PTAs have full vote was main change.

iv. Motion to approve by-law changes. Motion passed.

c. Billboard project update-Brandi had update from above

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6. New Business

a. State Affairs app- Phil

i. Yearly fee $250

ii. Link to national and state legislators.

iii. Another way of getting information out there.

b. Practice Act Task Force

i. Look at what things we want to look at when opening up practice act

ii. To work with board to look at cont ed, work on changing language changes, and create

foundation for future changes.

iii. 4-7 people at the most on the task force, and will report back in the fall.

c. PT Board Task Force

i. Looking at creating our own PT board instead of having licensing go thru SDMBOE.

ii. Task force will gather information and give presentation on pros and cons so members can

make an informed decision on whether to move forward or not.

iii. The creation of the task force was approved by the SDPTA board.

d. Website Task Force

i. Update with website and more user friendly.

ii. Also want to incorporate social media.

iii. Would like to move it into a subcommittee.

iv. Will look at incorporating the students for input.

e. Video conferencing

i. Trying to find someone with IT background, but could not find anyone.

ii. Andy is looking into stepping into that role as he steps down from president.

Adjourned: 6:56

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Contact Information

President President Elect

Andy York, PT, MSPT, GCS Patrick Hauer, PT

312 26th St NW 165 Hideaway Rd

Watertown, SD 57201 Mission Hill, SD 57046

Email: yorkdrew@hotail.com Email: Patrick.Hauer@briarcliff.edu

Chief Delegate Director

Joy Karges, PT, EdD Pam Neugebauer, PT

707 S Horizon Ln PO Box 807

Sioux Falls, SD 57106 Summit, SD 57266

Email: joy.karges@usd.edu Email:pam.neugebauer@bigstonetherapies.com

Treasurer Secretary

William Meredith, PT, OCS Sara Nelson, PT

4900 S Pennbrook Ave 6508 S Santa Rosa Pl

Sioux Falls, SD 57108 Sioux Falls, SD 57108

Email: william.meredith@sanfordhealth.org Email: sara.nelson@hegghc.org

APTA Main Office Executive Secretary/Webmaster

Shelley DeMarais

1111 N Fairfax St PO Box 91146

Alexandria, VA 22314-1488 Sioux Falls, SD 57109

Office: 800-999-2782 x 3124 Office: (605) 339-4839

Website: www.apta.org Website: www.sdapta.org