The Answer: Why PT Board CA Backs-Off

Based on this August 30, 2011 report from NBC LA, I think I understand why the PT Board of CA changed its tune so quickly.

The California Medical Association and its legislative allies in Sacramento have triggered a state audit of a regulatory agency that, they say, is too cozy with independent practitioners in the lucrative physical therapy trade.

On April 23, the Assembly's Joint Legislative Audit Committee voted 12-2 in favor of a five-month examination of the Physical Therapy Board of California, the watchdog agency responsible for overseeing "PT" clinics and practitioners across the state.

To see the entire article, click on link below.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/politics/Physical-Therapy-Group-Audited-by-State-128717163.html

You can only guess if this audit had anything to do with slowing down the Board on enforcing action against POPTS clinics, but my guess is this is what put the brakes on things.  Of course, the whining about this matter couldn't be louder from the PT world as noted by most of the comments on this story.  For a detailed build up to this point, please read my previous blog dated 8/31/11 on this topic.