Good Health and Task Force Recommends Physical Therapists Use Clinical Intuition to Screen for Fall Prevention. Elvonda

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Recommendation Statement for Prevention of Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults was pu...

Good Health and Telehealth Potential Remains, Trapped by Regulations and Licensure Barriers. Elvonda

Dr. Alan Lee's Perspective article in the December 2011 Physical Therapy journal offers hope tempered with a dose of pragmatic reality ...

Good Health and Join Pitt DPT Students to #SolvePT. Elvonda

Be a part of the movement! Add your voice to this Twitter conversation to determine what physical therapy will look like in the future. Log ...

Good Health and Physician Decision Making "Can't be Trusted" for Organ Transplants. Elvonda

Physicians, in their own words, "gamed the system" for organ transplants and "can't be trusted". To be fair, physic...

Good Health and FOTO and AthletiCo Proudly Show Physical Therapy Outcomes Tool. Elvonda

From AthletiCo and Focus on Therapeutic Outcomes (FOTO). This is an excellent demonstration of where all physical therapists are heading - t...

Good Health and Obesity and Physical Therapy. Elvonda

I don't talk a lot about diet with my physical therapy patients. I probably should because Body Mass Index - your weight in kilograms ...

Good Health and The Severity and Intensity Model for Physical Therapists. Elvonda

"I'm sorry, Mrs. Smith, but we can't continue your physical therapy - you've hit your Medicare Cap." "But I'm...

Good Health and MediFest in Florida in June 2012. Elvonda

Dear Medicare Part A and B providers: First Coast Service Options (FCSO), your Medicare contractor in Florida, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgi...

Good Health and Direct Access to Physical Therapists Can Reduce the Physician Shortage. Elvonda

Think physical therapists have it rough because our patients don't have direct access to our services? State laws preventing direct acce...

Good Health and A Tale of Three Hospitals. Elvonda

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." So begins a story called A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Its a...

Good Health and Stop High Physical Therapist Copayments in New York. Elvonda

The New York Physical Therapy Association (NYPTA) is calling on the state legislature to stop insurance companies from requiring patients to...

Good Health and Spanish Physical Therapists Solve "la Crisis" by Learning New Skills. Elvonda

Spain is experiencing 28% unemployment. In the 20-to-30 year age demographic unemployment is 50%. The Spanish people are in a "crisis...

Good Health and Can We #SolvePT Medicare Audits Using Data Drilling to Fight Fraud?. Elvonda

Excellent webcast describes data-drilling for healthcare fraud by Thompson Reuters and XL Health. Log-in here . Complex, computer driven alg...