The Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) went into effect this January for therapists—ushering in a new era of incentive-based payments for eligible physical therapists (PTs), occupational therapists (OTs) and speech language pathologists (SLPs). It’s a major change for the industry and will force participating therapists to reassess every aspect of their practice to ensure they…
Wound healing is a complex process that uses specific cellular and biochemical actions to achieve wound closure. These processes (homeostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and maturation) occur over defined periods of time. They are often taken for granted as the wound innately granulates, contracts, and epithelializes under optimal conditions. A wound begs the clinician’s attention when the…
Say you’re a provider and you REALLY believe in the power of Outcomes Management to drive change for patients, clinicians, practices, and payers. You’re also privy to the shift in the rehab therapy industry and know that soon you’ll be measured on quality, NOT quantity. The best industry event around Clinical Outcomes Management is…
Did ya hear the news? No worries if you haven’t, we’ll fill you in. Agility® is hosting its first ever Client Summit, September 15, 2019, at the Arizona Biltmore, A Waldorf Astoria Resort, in Phoenix, AZ. If you use Agility® in any capacity, this Summit is for you. Whether you just started using it or…
What are the two most important things about running a PT Clinic? First, attracting new patients and secondly, retaining them. Retaining your patients is actually even more important, because it costs less to retain a patient than to find a new one! What’s more, recent data has revealed that more than 41% of patients skipped…
In January, we typically host a Winter CONNECT meeting where employees travel to our offices nationwide to engage with one another and get aligned on business vision and goals. But, this year we did things a littttllee bit differently. We jumped into the digital age and hosted a more virtual experience by having our first…
When it comes to treating patients, the roadblock to timely patient care often comes down to a delay in obtaining the physician’s signature. Denise Norman, president of Transitional Care Management, provides a great summary of what providers face on a daily basis: “Anybody who’s been in therapy knows that physician signatures and the plan of…
Terminology Changes The CMS has created new MIPS terminology that more accurately reflects how clinicians and vendors interact with the QPP, namely MIPS. The new MIPS terms include Collection Type, Submitter Type, and Submission Type. Collection type: a set of quality measures with comparable specifications and data completeness criteria including, as applicable, electronic clinical quality…
American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)’s Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) wasn’t the only thing we were up to last week. On Friday, January 25th at the Cuba Libre Restaurant, the awesome folks at Redoc® and FOTO Inc®. came together and hosted a meetup. A MOJITO MEETUP to be specific. Those in attendance talked all things therapy, MIPS,…