Improve and your hospital’s rehab therapy operations, from outpatient therapy to acute care settings Hospital Directors of Rehab are medical jacks of all trades. We frequently manage care for a variety of settings and therapy departments from hospital outpatient physical therapy to acute care rehab. On the surface, the goals and requirements for acute care…
Two factors are driving a new U.S.-based movement in musculoskeletal (MSK) health – known as digital musculoskeletal (or digital MSK) – that aims to revolutionize the delivery and cost of therapeutic care and “telerehab”. Here is what you should know: As these and other statistics show, a curious valley lies between those experiencing discomfort and…
Using ICD-10 Z Codes to Identify Social Determinants of Health 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 non-medical factors (aka social determinants of…
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…
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…
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…
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…
;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…
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,…
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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