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For years, "Occupational Therapy in Primary Care" has felt like a professional aspiration-a "gold standard" we discussed in classrooms but rarely saw in job postings. Today, that reality is shifting. Following the 2020 statutory mandates in Norway and Sweden that solidified OT as a required primary care service, the global tide is turning.
In the United States, we are moving past the era of mere "co-location" toward true interprofessional integration. Driven by the rise of Alternative Payment Models (APMs) and the 2026 Medicare updates to Advanced Primary Care Management, the door is finally opening for OTs to lead in chronic disease management, mental health, and aging-in-place.
On today's episode, we sit down with Dr. Ashley Halle, a leading voice in this movement and co-author of the foundational AJOT research on the topic, to discuss how clinicians can finally step out of the "hypothetical" and onto the primary care team.
See full course details here:
https://otpotential.com/ceu-podcast-courses/ot-in-primary-care
See all OT CEU courses here:
https://otpotential.com/ceu-podcast-courses
Check our our live webinar schedule here:
https://otpotential.com/live-ot-ceu-webinars
Support the show by using the OTPOTENTIAL Medbridge Code:
https://otpotential.com/blog/promo-code-for-medbridge
Try 2 free OT Potential courses here:
https://otpotential.com/free-ot-ceus
Support the show
By Sarah Lyon, OTR/L4.9
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For years, "Occupational Therapy in Primary Care" has felt like a professional aspiration-a "gold standard" we discussed in classrooms but rarely saw in job postings. Today, that reality is shifting. Following the 2020 statutory mandates in Norway and Sweden that solidified OT as a required primary care service, the global tide is turning.
In the United States, we are moving past the era of mere "co-location" toward true interprofessional integration. Driven by the rise of Alternative Payment Models (APMs) and the 2026 Medicare updates to Advanced Primary Care Management, the door is finally opening for OTs to lead in chronic disease management, mental health, and aging-in-place.
On today's episode, we sit down with Dr. Ashley Halle, a leading voice in this movement and co-author of the foundational AJOT research on the topic, to discuss how clinicians can finally step out of the "hypothetical" and onto the primary care team.
See full course details here:
https://otpotential.com/ceu-podcast-courses/ot-in-primary-care
See all OT CEU courses here:
https://otpotential.com/ceu-podcast-courses
Check our our live webinar schedule here:
https://otpotential.com/live-ot-ceu-webinars
Support the show by using the OTPOTENTIAL Medbridge Code:
https://otpotential.com/blog/promo-code-for-medbridge
Try 2 free OT Potential courses here:
https://otpotential.com/free-ot-ceus
Support the show

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