From the PANPHA Monday Update August 6, 2007 Deer Meadows Represents PANPHA at House Hearing in Philadelphia Deer Meadows Retirement Community’s Director of Nursing, Jennifer Kreutzer, represented PANPHA at a state House hearing July 30 in Philadelphia, offering support for HB 1199, which would allow for indirect supervision of licensed Physical Therapist Assistants (PTA). Current law requires direct, on-premise supervision, whereas HB 1199 would change the protocol to allow a PTA to perform patient services pursuant to indirect supervision by a physical therapist available and accessible on a 24-hour basis. Kreutzer told the House Professional Licensure Committee panel that the change would enhance quality and accessibility of care as well as increase the operational flexibility of providers.