Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are considered a key element of a company’s culture. As a matter of fact, it’s these groups that foster inclusion in the workplace.1 At Net Health, this role continues to evolve with the creation of more ERGs every year. Currently, we have 8 ERGs with a new one that just launched. […]
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Stressed Importance of Interoperability and Meeting Unique Needs of Specialty Providers Highlighting the importance of interoperability, understanding the workflow needs of providers and predictive analytics, Net Health CEO Josh Pickus recently shared insights into the industry and company with HIStalk. The online publication is one of the more well-respected healthcare tech media outlets and frequently […]
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By Doug Cundiff, MPT, MPHVP of Hospital Therapy Solutions, Net Health Read the room. When trying to engage one person or a crowd of people, this is one piece of advice that tends to stand out. Even the most well-intended plans and the most fascinating talking points, after all, are only going to appeal to […]
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It’s time to address the elephant in the room. There’s one big thing that stands in the way of truly productive, profitable, patient-centric care in senior living and skilled nursing facilities, and it’s not the care team. It’s the administrative burden. Countless labor-intensive and hard-paper manual processes impede rehab workflow and do little to optimize care […]
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For skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), the Five-Star Quality Rating System, created by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), represents an opportunity and a challenge. The opportunity? If SNFs can increase their star rating they can raise their brand profile and attract more patients. The challenge? With these providers still reeling from post-COVID staffing […]
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Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are considered a key element of a company’s culture. As a matter of fact, it’s these groups that foster inclusion in the workplace.1 At Net Health, this role continues to evolve with the creation of more ERGs every year. Currently, we have 8 ERGs with a new one that just launched. […]
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Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are responsible for providing quality care to their patients of all different levels of needs. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, these facilities have also faced unexpected challenges that may have impacted compliance, reimbursement, revenue services and more. But effective implementations can be made to ensure that SNFs continue to […]
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by Rick Gawenda, PTPresident, Gawenda Seminars & Consulting On Dec. 22, 2023, and Dec. 23, 2023, the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives, respectively, passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023. This legislation was then signed into law by President Biden. This legislation contained several items that will impact outpatient physical, occupational […]
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Underreporting of Medical Director Hours In the second quarter of 2022 (the most recent data available), 37% of Skilled Nursing Facilities nationwide reported no medical director hours to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) through the Staffing Data Submission Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) system, despite federal laws and regulations requiring a physician as medical […]
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What Wound Care Providers Ask Me the Most About Our Profession, Process, Technology and What’s Next for our Industry Net Health’s Cathy Thomas Hess is well-known in the wound care industry. She’s been in it for over 35 years; has written books and book chapters; is a sought-after speaker at conferences; is an expert […]
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No-shows and last-minute cancellations make up an unfortunate aspect of doing business in outpatient rehab therapy. This can be a true wakeup call for newer practitioners when successful efforts to fill the clinic’s schedule through marketing and referrals still result in a missed-visit rate of one in every four patients.1 But, why do so many […]
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Attendees at a recent webinar, presented by Net Health VP and Chief Clinical Officer Cathy Thomas Hess, BSN, RN, CWOCN and Dr. Lisa Gould, MD, PhD, FACS, gained new insights and strategies into best practices for optimizing wound care management and outcomes. If you missed the webinar, or want to hear it again, check it […]
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It’s well-known within healthcare circles that falls – especially those experienced by older adults – can be costly to individuals as well as care facilities. Despite this, one recent survey of more than 400 senior care facility executives revealed some numbers that may still surprise you. Based on responses from those interviewed for this 2022 […]
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Over the past few weeks, our team has featured a short series of articles about key performance indicators – how to obtain these actionable rehab therapy insights within a skilled nursing facility (SNF) and how they enable practitioners to provide the best quality of care to patients. In our first KPI spotlight, we looked at […]
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