Raising children, like providing patient care, requires a plan. The older our children become, like when patients show progress, the more freedom they should be allowed. The guide book for plan of care...
Telehealth and therapy services: Let’s keep it going!
By
Neville M. Bilimoria
May 19, 2023
It’s pretty simple, really. Telehealth in physical, occupational and speech therapy allows more treatment for seniors, and better access. By reducing travel times for therapists between facilities,...
Effectively screen those residents
By
Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L
Feb 09, 2012
It’s not much of a surprise that many therapists are excellent at everything in their job — except screening.
How to do it … Address the effect of worker shortages on rehab
By
John Hall
Oct 10, 2023
Workforce shortages inside nursing homes today are inspiring therapists to also forge stronger ties with their nursing colleagues. It’s an effort to do more with less, while also strengthening and improving...
Study shows dramatic rise in short-stay residents
Feb 27, 2008
A new analysis of trends in New York nursing home care reads like a summary of what is happening around the country. In short: more shorter stays for residents, as well as more sicker or cognitively impaired...
Long-term care hospitals treat fewer short-stay patients
Apr 15, 2008
Long-term care hospitals treated fewer short-stay patients from fiscal years 2003 to 2006 as a result of cuts in Medicare reimbursement, according to a memo from the Department of Health and Human Services...
Increasing length-of-stay
By
Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L
Jan 30, 2012
Length-of-stay — LOS — is one of those management reports that often leaves administrators and upper management bewildered. If you increase LOS, you essentially increase your census.
Sun Healthcare reports solid fourth-quarter, annual growth
Mar 05, 2010
Sun Healthcare on Wednesday reported “respectable” earnings growth of 7.7% for the fourth quarter of last year and 18.3% for 2009 overall. The nation’s sixth-largest skilled nursing provider...
How to … Make persistence pay as a therapy provider
By
John Hall
Oct 06, 2022
The pandemic changed everything for many aspects of long-term care, but it affected few departments as significantly as rehab therapy.
New CMS rule to eliminate section of MDS, revise RUGs
Aug 25, 2009
A controversial new rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid rule will recalibrate Medicare case mixes under the Resource Utilization Group (RUG) system. Specifically, it will eliminate a section...