Practical Applications in OT
Volunteering on a statewide health board or coalition to advocate for state health care reform to help the uninsured, or joining a school board to advocate for improved nutrition and exercise options in schools, are examples of what kind of advocacy?
What is community?
This is an example of effective advocacy that called attention to the negative effects that this 1997 Balanced Budget policy had on patient access to outpatient OT, PT and ST.
What is the repeal of the Medicare Part B Therapy Cap of 2018?
Health care management that responds to current or changing policies and making policies that positively influence the organization are examples of what step in the policy process?
This AOTA department advocates for fair insurance coverage and payment policies.
What is Federal Regulatory Affairs?
This is the ability or authority to have control or influence over others, often necessary to effect change.
What is power?
Dedicating time and training to participating in organizations like AOTA and ArizOTA are examples of what kind of advocacy?
What is Individual?
This political action example provides free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities and ensures special education and related services to those children.
What is IDEA?
Analyzing current policies and their effects is an example of what step in the policy process?
What is policy acumen (step two)?
This is an AOTA-Sponsored event where educators, students, and clinicians advocate for issues important to the profession at the Capitol.
What is Capitol Hill Day?
This is made up of the decisions, plans, and actions that are undertaken to achieve specific health care goals within a society.
What is health policy?
Education on strategies to strengthen the public mental image of OT as part of a team initiative is an example of what type of advocacy?
What is group?
This political action example expanded Medicaid eligibility in 2010 to include 138% of the federal poverty level.
What is ACA?
Understanding and questioning current policies and participating in policy coursework are examples of what step in the policy process?
What is policy literacy (step one)?
What is the AOTA Advocacy & Policy Home Page?
This refers to actions taken by health care professionals to promote social, economic, educational, and political changes that ease the suffering or address threats to individual or public health.
What is health advocacy.
Participation in AOTA and ArizOTA to influence policy is considered what type of advocacy?
What is organizational?
This political action example is a federal law that generally prevents group health plans and health insurance issuers that provide mental health or substance use disorder benefits from imposing less favorable benefit limitations on those benefits than on medical and surgical benefits.
What is MHPAEA?
Policy consulting that helps shape future policies and advocating for change in current policies are examples of what step in the policy process?
This is a voluntary, nonprofit, nonpartisan, unincorporated committee of AOTA members furthering the legislative aims of the association.
What is AOTPAC?
This is a developmental process that begins with policy literacy, moves forward to policy acumen, and then continues to policy competence and finally to policy influence.
What is political influence or the steps of the policy process.
The results of this type of action by OT practitioners can be used to advocate for policies supporting OT services such as providing evidence that OT plays a big part in reducing hospital readmissions.
What is research?
This is defined as 1) improving the individual experience of health care; 2) improving the health of populations; and 3) reducing the per capita cost of care for populations.
What is the Triple Aim?