It’s April, ya’ll! Take a break from smelling the blooming daffodils, put down the bag of mulch, and celebrate another treasure from the month of April: Occupational Therapy Month. With over 213,000 occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, and students improving patients’ lives, it’s important we take notice and celebrate the work they accomplish every day….
In the February 2019 Practice Points column, Merit-based Incentive Payment System 2019 Changes, we reviewed the final changes to the 2019 Quality Payment Program Final Rule1 under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). In this column, we will focus on the Promoting…
Studies suggest that 400,000 deaths in the US each year may be attributed to medical error, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality estimates that at any time, 1 in 25 hospital patients contract an infection in a health care setting. One of the most common errors in both inpatient and outpatient settings? Medication…
Wound healing is a complex process that uses specific cellular and biochemical actions to achieve wound closure. These processes (homeostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and maturation) occur over defined periods of time. They are often taken for granted as the wound innately granulates, contracts, and epithelializes under optimal conditions. A wound begs the clinician’s attention when the…
Say you’re a provider and you REALLY believe in the power of Outcomes Management to drive change for patients, clinicians, practices, and payers. You’re also privy to the shift in the rehab therapy industry and know that soon you’ll be measured on quality, NOT quantity. The best industry event around Clinical Outcomes Management is…
Did ya hear the news? No worries if you haven’t, we’ll fill you in. Agility® is hosting its first ever Client Summit, September 15, 2019, at the Arizona Biltmore, A Waldorf Astoria Resort, in Phoenix, AZ. If you use Agility® in any capacity, this Summit is for you. Whether you just started using it or…
Terminology Changes The CMS has created new MIPS terminology that more accurately reflects how clinicians and vendors interact with the QPP, namely MIPS. The new MIPS terms include Collection Type, Submitter Type, and Submission Type. Collection type: a set of quality measures with comparable specifications and data completeness criteria including, as applicable, electronic clinical quality…
APTA’s 2019 Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington D.C., January 23-26, 2019. Thousands of committed and innovative professionals will be in attendance for the country’s largest physical therapy conference to network and learn with like-minded people. The program is stacked this year with hands-on, pre-conference…
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