Quality
Volume to value
Providing high-value occupational therapy
- Medicare, Medicaid, other payers, and health systems are moving to emphasize the value of services provided rather than rewarding the volume of services.
- This transition provides opportunities for occupational therapy practitioners to highlight their distinct value by understanding and applying quality measures to everyday practice.
- Many payers will financially reward health care providers for demonstrating value and potentially penalize them for not meeting the value criteria.
How can you promote value in your practice?
- Keep up to date with policy and payment changes
- Look for opportunities to show the value of occupational therapy
- Focus on evidence-based practice
- Be client/customer focused
- Focus on quality care and outcomes
- Document your services
- Advocate for yourself, your clients, and for occupational therapy.
AOTA evaluation checklists
- By focusing on client-centered, evidence-based care and quality outcomes, occupational therapy practitioners can demonstrate the value of their services.
- These AOTA checklists remind you to use the occupational profile, focus on occupation-based and client-centered care, and use quality measures in your area of practice.
- AOTA evaluation and assessment.
Additional AOTA resources supporting the value of occupational therapy services