Dr. Paul Gaspar, DPT Speaks Out About the Corruption that is Blocking Enforcement of the Law

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The California Private Practice Group put out a petition to CA PTs and in less than 24 hours the petition had over 500 signatures.

Go to http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stop-popts/ to view and sign the petition.

- Here's what some of them had to say:

Notice: The State of California Legislative Counsel has rendered an opinion that it is ILLEGAL for PTs to be employed by any professional corporation except for those owned by physical therapists and Naturopaths. In its opinion, the Legislative Counsel confirms that, because the existing California Corporations Code does not specifically include physical therapists on the list of those who may be employed by a medical corporation, a physical therapist is prohibited from providing physical therapy services as an employee of a medical corporation, podiatric corporation, or chiropractic corporation. This ruling means that physical therapists in these employment situations may be subject to discipline by the Physical Therapy Board of California (PTBC).

Source: California Physical Therapy Association

Referral for Profit: an End in Sight!

The Facts are Clear - POPTS are Bad for Californians

1. POPTS are a conflict of interest.
2. POPTS limit consumer choice.
3. POPTS cause unnecessary financial/economic harm.
4. Care provided by POPTS fall below professional standards 90% of the time.
5. POPTS limit the autonomy of our profession.
6. 80 percent of PTs surveyed have been negatively impacted by POPTS.

Even the AMA Council on Ethics and Judicial Affairs (CEJA) said, "Under no circumstances may physicians place their own financial interests above the welfare of their patients... If a conflict develops between the physician's financial interest and the physician's responsibilities to the patient, the conflict must be resolved to the patient's benefit."