As much as we talk about the importance of creating optimal patient experiences throughout all areas of rehab therapy – how doing so can increase compliance and improve patient outcomes while enhancing your bottom line – it’s important to remember that achieving this is an active and ongoing process. It’s a process that requires continued…
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…
Unlike some industries, the push for a stronger bottom line and the desire to offer the highest levels of service can coexist in the rehab therapy realm. The healthier our revenue streams are, the more flexibility we have to offer effective treatment to our patients and the better we can protect our longevity, which enables…
With the expiration date of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) on May 11, 2023, we have reviewed and updated the following questions regarding the supervision requirements of a physical therapist assistant (PTA) by a physical therapist (PT) and an occupational therapy assistant (OTA) by an occupational therapist (OT) under Medicare Part B outpatient therapy…
334,000. That’s how many healthcare personnel left the workforce in 2021 alone.1 If you look around your private practice and notice glaringly vacant positions, you join thousands of other clinicians nationwide. A recent benchmarking survey conducted by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) found that more than three-quarters (78.9%) of rehab therapy practices reported a 5%-plus…
In today’s competitive rehab therapy market, it could be argued that attracting top talent to your private practice clinic is more important than ever. But with a 16% vacancy rate across all physical therapy clinics in the U.S., it can be challenging to capture the attention of the best-qualified practitioners in your area. A key…
Can you imagine a world in which clinicians could predict patient healing times based on the current size and shape of a wound, or the risk of amputation based on current oxygen levels? You don’t need to imagine it. With predictive analytics, a new age of wound care is here. Predictive analytics is the latest configuration…
Wound care has come a long way since the days of manually measuring wounds and carefully recording encounter data into paper patient charts. Today, we have more data, insights, products and services to help treat wounds and ensure patients have access to optimal therapies. So, why aren’t pressure injuries, abscesses and other wounds a thing…
The electronic health record (EHR) system is the proverbial backbone of a physical therapy operation, delivering the structure and meticulous organization needed to help the team succeed. But what physical therapists might not know is that in addition to keeping the wheels on the wagon, EHRs also actively collect valuable data about operations and patients….
Data is ubiquitous in healthcare today, and the wound care industry is no exception. This presents a challenge, however. With all this data, how do we make sure it isn’t just sitting there taking up bytes, but that it provides actionable insights that lead to meaningful change? In our free ebook, “Want to Get More…
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