Outpatient therapy providers had to digest significant news this month when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2019. The policy, payment and quality provisions in the proposed rule include a number of changes that reflect CMS’ efforts to move toward value-based care. We’ve…
Have you heard the news? The proposed rules for 2019 are out and CMS is making some significant recommendations! They are recommending to eliminate Functional Limitation Reporting and to add new modifiers to distinguish services provided by Physical Therapy Assistants and Occupational Therapy Assistants. According to the 2018 Fact Sheet item from the Centers for…
In case you missed it, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services1 updated the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Fact Sheets mid-May 2018. Let’s take a look at the criteria for each MIPS category. Remember, documentation details determine your dollars. MIPS Participation Status Includes eligible clinicians or groups who bill more than $90,000 in Medicare Part…
Therapy providers often share a common struggle: improving therapist productivity and efficiency, while still maintaining compliance. Much of the struggle centers around recurring training, time management, documentation and other issues that directly impact performance, documentation quality and revenue. Here are four common pain points and how an EMR system can help you overcome them. Pain…
Browsing articles in medical fields can make it easy to forget about the human behind it. Luckily, WOUNDS, official journal of the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC), decided to greenlight an editorial thinkpiece in the June 2018 edition that showcases humanity at it’s finest. Thanks to WOUNDS journal for contributing all spectrum of content, including stuff that can…
A Once Reluctant Physical Therapy Patient Found an Answer Outside of Pain Medication In December of 2017, we went to Eclipse Physical Therapy and Sports Performance to hear the story of Dean Waxler. Dean was the victim of a motorcycle accident who looked to physical therapy instead of pain medication to recover from his injuries….
Exploring the cloud’s strategic benefits Healthcare organizations traditionally are cautious in their approach to new technologies. With good reason, of course. Healthcare IT supports a mission that leaves no room for error. And as cloud computing has emerged in recent years as a cost-effective alternative to expensive data warehouses, healthcare was not an early adopter….
Anthony Sanzo, Net Health’s CEO and Board Chairman, was nominated as an East Central Finalist for EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year. The event gala took place at the Hilton in Downtown Cleveland, Ohio, and brought together a wide variety of east coast entrepreneurs. Here’s a photo recap of the ceremony and event: