Latest post highlights how getting better provider facetime begins with a better EHR One of the more common complaints among patients and providers these days is that some electronic health record systems (EHRs) make it difficult to connect and engage. Doctors and nurses are stuck looking at the screens, and patients feel like numbers – […]
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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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Ebook Provides Insights to Help Improve Outcomes, Value-Based Care and Reimbursement Rehabilitation therapy plays a vital role in hospitals today. The expert care provided to patients by rehab therapists can mean the difference between short and long lengths of stay, between minimal and optimal reimbursement and between an efficient and inefficient department. With all the […]
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By Faith Francis, PT, MBAClinical Solutions Consultant, Net Health Patient lists and schedules are like maps around which acute care rehab therapists navigate their day. And just as maps and the way we use them have evolved throughout the digital era – connecting drivers, providing continual updates and alerts, and varying routes based on current […]
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Emphasizing the clinical benefits and overall ROI provides data leadership understands and needs With the financial and operational pressures on hospital and clinic administrators today, finding ways to validate the value of programs and services offered has become a necessity. Quantifiable ways to show value are essential in everything from quality ratings and documentation to […]
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As attendance totals pushed 15,000 each day of this year’s APTA Combined Sections Meeting (CSM), held last week in San Diego, our Net Health team welcomed hundreds of rehab therapy practitioners, owners, educators, leaders and students into our vendor booth to discuss the myriad ways technology can benefit them as well as their professions. Each […]
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Net Health believes in rehab therapy, and we believe in its power to transform individuals and society. That’s why we continue to support the work of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) by sponsoring and attending this year’s Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) in San Diego – the largest annual gathering of rehab therapists in the […]
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By Cathy de Verteuil, PTSVP Account Management, Net Health I have been a physical therapist for more than 30 years. And while I no longer treat patients, I still care deeply about my profession – and healthcare in general. In our country, what we in the healthcare community do is regulated by not just our […]
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Since 2017, physical therapists whose outpatient clinics are located in rural, medically underserved, and health professional shortage areas have been able to hire a qualified substitute provider (aka a locum tenens) on a short-term basis.1 Currently the locum tenens program in Medicare allows these physical therapists and a discreet list of physician types to hire […]
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The relationship between social determinants of health (SDOH) and improved patient outcomes is a well-established idea1. And, like so many aspects related to healthcare in the U.S., there’s an ICD-10 code for that. Specifically, ICD-10 Z Codes2 relate to nonmedical factors affecting our patients’ health which can affect rehab therapy journeys. Z codes Z55 through […]
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By Tannus Quatre, PT, MBAVice President of Therapy Sales, Net Health Wearing your rehab therapist hat, think of something you’re dissatisfied with right now. It can be something wide-ranging like the way your current reimbursement model works or how your clinic or department communicates throughout the day. Or, it can be highly specific – say, […]
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EHR solutions are key in helping rehab therapists streamline key processes and more effectively capture patient data. But as physical, occupational and speech therapy teams acquire or upgrade new EHR solutions, some team members experience what experts call “cognitive overload,” or the seemingly paralyzing response to the overflow of information. In this piece, we’ll take […]
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In 2020 and 2021, U.S. hospitals collectively lost hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue due to COVID-related strains.1 Now, these same hospitals are facing new revenue challenges in the form of rising inflation, skyrocketing expenses and low unemployment.2 How are hospitals dealing with these challenges without compromising the care they provide to patients? For […]
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In a previous blog, I mentioned that the Population Health Institute found that social determinants of health (SDoH) account for more than 70% of health outcomes.1 So, when we talk about building health systems and delivering care that results in measurable improvement, it’s vital that we also consider a patient’s or population’s economic and social […]
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