Blog Series: Step 3 – Educate and Promote the Value of Physical Therapy

Blog Series: Step 3 – Educate and Promote the Value of Physical Therapy

Our special blog series, titled “5 Steps to Attract & Retain PT Champions,” has looked at the five steps that can allow you to add physical therapy value in the community. Each day we’ve shared one of the five steps we recommend to consider building physical therapy champions right in your area. We recently talked…

Keynote Speaker at Net Health’s Optima Summit Highlights Problems of Ageism

Keynote Speaker at Net Health’s Optima Summit Highlights Problems of Ageism

Ageism a ‘Systemic’ Issue Healthcare Leaders Must Address ATLANTA, October 7, 2020 – Ageism in healthcare is a pervasive problem that has been laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Arif Nazir, MD, FACP, chief medical officer of Signature HealthCARE and keynote speaker at Net Health’s annual Optima Summit Virtual Event. In his keynote…

Net Health’s CIO discusses diversity and how it can build a stronger organization

Net Health’s CIO discusses diversity and how it can build a stronger organization

Diversity in the workplace is an on-going issue but it’s an issue with solutions. To build diversity, it takes forward-thinking initiatives, a reexamination of the hiring philosophy, and the support of the company’s decision-makers.  One such supporter of diversity in the workplace is Net Health’s CIO, Jason “JJ” James.  Recent social movements like Black Lives…

Blog Series: Step 2 – Build Personal Connections with Potential PT Customers

Blog Series: Step 2 – Build Personal Connections with Potential PT Customers

In this special blog series titled “5 Steps to Attract & Retain PT Champions,” we will look at the five steps that can allow you to build physical therapy champions right in your area. Yesterday we talked about Step 1 – Cultivate Awareness of PT in Your Community, and today we’re going to dive in to Step…

A Closer Look: Is Group Therapy the Answer to PDPM?

A Closer Look: Is Group Therapy the Answer to PDPM?

While the best patient care is always the chief goal, we as skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are constantly looking for ways to streamline operations to protect the longevity of our businesses. If we have to close our doors, we can’t help anyone. With the recent focus and shift from volume-based to value-based care under the…

Blog Series: Step 1 – Cultivate Awareness of PT in Your Community

Blog Series: Step 1 – Cultivate Awareness of PT in Your Community

In this special blog series titled “5 Steps to Attract Retain PT Champions” we will go over five steps that can allow you to enhance your physical therapy value in the community.  Each day we’ll share one of the five steps we recommend to consider building physical therapy champions right in your area. Check back…

Medicare Proposes Cuts for  Rehab Therapists; Deadline Today to Submit Comments

Medicare Proposes Cuts for Rehab Therapists; Deadline Today to Submit Comments

Outpatient physical and other rehab therapy practices may face payment cuts in 2021. The new Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will reduce reimbursements by about 9% for physical therapy, occupational therapy, and other rehab therapy practices. Deadline to Submit Comments to CMS Today by 5…

How to Improve Therapist Productivity in Hospital Rehab Clinics

How to Improve Therapist Productivity in Hospital Rehab Clinics

Rehab therapists are at the heart of hospital therapy operations. Without a team of effective therapists, it would be a struggle to care for the sheer number of patients who need to be seen each day. However, that’s not to say that time-consuming manual processes or cumbersome documentation systems can’t derail productivity for our whole…

5 Steps to Attract & Retain Rehab Therapy Champions

5 Steps to Attract & Retain Rehab Therapy Champions

You know the deal. Locked-up referral sources you can’t turn to. Difficult-to-navigate corporate healthcare issues. Closed insurance panels. The challenges go on and on, and while competition continues to increase, physical therapy remains essential to the healthcare system. How so, you ask? For starters, we, as physical therapists, help people better their lives. Less pain…