APTA Board Member and PT Pros Physical Therapist, Connie Hauser, PT, DPT, ATC, discusses the issue of referral for profit in PT services with a visitor to the APTA booth.
APTA Board member and PT Pros Physical Therapist, Connie Hauser, PT, DPT, ATC (right), poses with Carmen Cauther of North Carolina winner of the APTA PT Challenge. Participants had to correctly answer quiz questions regarding direct access to physical therapists services, term protection for 'physical therapy,' and referral for profit (POPTS) to be eligible to enter the drawing for an Apple iPod.
PT Pros hosted a fundraiser for US Senate Candidate, Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo at their Corbin office, on August 26th. Lt. Gov. Mongiardo spoke to the crowd of over 30 people and discussed upcoming healthcare reform, legislative issues and his plans for becoming our next US Senator. We raised over $10,000 in contributions to assist in the Mongiardo for Senate campaign. Featured in the photograph are from right to left, Scott Fuller, Ramona Carper, Connie Hauser, Lt. Governor Daniel Mongiardo, Jennifer Willson, and Eric Evans.
The Kentucky Physical Therapy Association awarded Holly Johnson, PT, DPT the “Outstanding Physical Therapist of the Year” award. Holly is the current Vice-President of the KPTA and has served on many committees as well as worked closely on Worker’s Compensation Guidelines to set standards. Holly is active in her community of Harlan, Kentucky and is pictured here with her family during the award process. PT Pros is very proud to have Holly as one of our colleagues.
Annette Curry PTA, was recently awarded the “Outstanding PTA of the Year “ by the Kentucky Physical Therapy Association. She has been employed by PT Pros as a PTA and now as Director of PTAs for 20 years. She is the mentor to PTAs in our company and an excellent example of the valuable role of the PTA in delivery of comprehensive physical therapy out patient services.
Sharon Dunn, PT, PhD, a faculty member of the LSU Shreveport Physical Therapy School educated our PT Pros staff and KPTA at the annual fall meeting of the Kentucky Physical Therapy Association in Lexington. Dr. Dunn did an incredible job with her continuing education course on “Foot and Ankle Biomechanics” and our PT Pros staff gained great insight from her practical approach to evaluation and treatment of the foot and ankle joint. Thanks to Sharon for coming to Kentucky and sharing her knowledge and also her commitment to the profession.
Residency Partner course presented at Annual Conference of PPS
Holly Johnson, Connie Hauser and Sharon Dunn presented a course on the value of a Residency partnership between LSU and PT Pros at the Annual Conference of the Private Practice Section in Colorado Springs. There was good interaction and the three PT’s had much fun exchanging ideas, experiences, and sharing the value of the partnership.
PT Pros attended the annual scholarship luncheon at Union College in Barbourville to recognize the Scott Butler Scholarship Fund. Scott Butler was a former patient of PT Pros and in his memory a scholarship has been created for a student at Union College. PT Pros is an original donor to the fund and actively supports the ongoing efforts for the scholarship. Pictured in the photo from left to right are: Clara Roark of PT Pros, LeAnne Butler (Scott's mother), Dee Shackleford, Angel Payne and Connie Hauser, all of PT Pros.
Steve McDavitt, one of the speakers at the KPTA continuing education courses in Louisville is trying to impress our own Mona Carper with his manual therapy knowledge.Steve and Bob Rowe did an excellent job on making manual therapy very applicable and easy to include in our skills tool box.
KPTA business meeting in September in Louisville gives Steve McDavitt and Dave Pariser a chance to catch up.Dave is our KPTA legislative chair and teaches at BellarmineUniversity in the PT program.
Congressman Ben Chandler, Kim and Eric Evans pose for a photo at the recent “Chandler Fund Raiser” in Frankfort.The Congressman spent the evening with over 30 supporters and our efforts raised over $11,000.
Terry Brown, Connie Hauser and Congressman Chandler visit at the Fundraiser in Frankfort.Congressman Chandler has been incredibly supportive of our physical therapy legislation and efforts on Capitol Hill.
Terry Brown of Frankfort and Justin Moore, our APTA lobbyist enjoy some time during the Chandler fund raiser.Justin flew in from Washington to show APTA support on the grass roots level.
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