Other Resources

Medicare

Novitas Solutions – Medicare Administrative Contract (MAC)

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Medicare Benefit Policy Manual

Medicaid

Texas Health and Human Services

Texas Medicaid and Healthcare Partnership (TMHP)

TX Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR)  – regulates other professions such as athletic trainers, massage therapists, and speech-language pathologists/audiologists

TX Health and Human Services (HHS) – long term care, home health

TX Education Agency (TEA) school setting

Workers’ Compensation (TDI) 

Early Childhood Intervention (ECI)

American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) – information about physical therapy advocacy, billing and CPT codes, specialty certifications

Texas Physical Therapy Association (TPTA) – information about physical therapy advocacy, the Continuing Competence Approval Program (CCAP)

Federation of State Board of Physical Therapy (FSBPT) – information on the National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE), Score Report and transfer service, TX Jurisprudence Assessment Module (TX JAM), links to other state physical therapy regulatory entities

Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) – list of accredited PT and PTA programs

Office for Civil Rights –  U. S. Department of Health and Human Services – information on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

To report violations by a PT or PTA – Investigation Referral Form

To report violations by other healthcare professionals – contact the agency that regulates that profession

To make a complaint about a TX HHS Service Provider  

To report Fraud and Abuse in TX HHS Service Programs

To report Medicare Fraud and Abuse

To report suspicions of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of children, adults with disabilities, or people 65 years or older

To report suspected Human Trafficking in non-emergency situations