{"id":1,"date":"2024-03-15T03:48:17","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T03:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/starscentertherapy.com\/?p=1"},"modified":"2024-03-16T15:51:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T15:51:32","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/starscentertherapy.com\/?p=1","title":{"rendered":"An Open Letter Regarding My Thoughts on the Current Situation"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

An Open Letter Regarding My Thoughts on the Current Situation<\/a><\/p>\r\n

By Richard McLoy
Welch & McLoy Therapy Services
New Port Richey, FL<\/p>\r\n

\u201cThe broadest and most prevalent error requires the most disinterested virtue to sustain.\u201d<\/strong>
Henry David Thoreau \u201cOn Civil Disobedience\u201d<\/p>\r\n

A number of years ago, our small community of clinics was faced with a major challenge \u2013 Prepaid Therapy. A small group of therapists saw this program as a major threat to the community and the services that we provide to children. We worked hard and diligently. As a result, the Prepaid Therapy program was shown to be full of problems. The State was forced to rethink the program and eventually decided not to continue with implementation.<\/p>\r\n

We are, again, faced with a major challenge to our community. The State has decided to privatize the Medicaid program (euphemistically called: Managed Medical Assistance Program). While many of the children we serve may be exempt from joining the MMA program, we still have a large number that will be placed into a MMAP. The selection of MMAP providers leaves us faced with joining one of the groups we helped to stop during the Prepaid Therapy problem.<\/p>\r\n

TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;<\/em><\/p>\r\n

Then took the other, as just as fair,<\/em>
And having perhaps the better claim,<\/em>
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;<\/em>
Though as for that the passing there<\/em>
Had worn them really about the same<\/em><\/p>\r\n

Robert Frost \u201cThe Road Not Taken\u201d<\/em><\/p>\r\n

I am now faced with the same dilemma I was faced with when Prepaid Therapy was coming. Should I sign a contract with which I do not agree or try to continue without being part of that group? The road I have picked is the second. I will continue with those MMAP\u2019s that do not include a Prepaid Therapy provider and encourage others to try that path, as well.<\/p>\r\n

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I\u2014
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.<\/em><\/p>\r\n

Robert Frost \u201cThe Road Not Taken\u201d<\/em><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An Open Letter Regarding My Thoughts on the Current Situation By Richard McLoyWelch & McLoy Therapy ServicesNew Port Richey, FL \u201cThe broadest and most prevalent error requires the most disinterested virtue to sustain.\u201dHenry David Thoreau \u201cOn Civil Disobedience\u201d A number of years ago, our small community of clinics was faced… Read more“An Open Letter Regarding My Thoughts on the Current Situation”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-changes-in-medicaid","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/starscentertherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/starscentertherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/starscentertherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/starscentertherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/starscentertherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/starscentertherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18,"href":"http:\/\/starscentertherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/starscentertherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/starscentertherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/starscentertherapy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}