Good Health and Do doctors of physical therapy need to call themselves 'Doctor'? . Elvonda

I wonder how the rest of the profession should view my physical therapist colleague who, having earned her Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) ...

Good Health and How to Build a Physical Therapist Network. Elvonda

Good Health and Should Physical Therapists Abandon Direct Access? Vote 'No' on #APTArc20. Elvonda

A recent proposed motion in front of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) House of Delegates threatens to overturn 40 years of p...

Good Health and Is Disability an Identity?. Elvonda

Is there a culture of disability?  Do physical therapists' patients learn from each other ways of behavior that might reinforce the disa...

Good Health and Meet the Presenters at Florida's Private Practice Physical Therapist Conference. Elvonda

Here is our distinguished line-up of presenters for the 3rd annual private practice conference in Orlando, Florida!  Sign up now at www.FLPT...

Good Health and New Florida state legislation threatens Physical Therapist Assistant education. Elvonda

" Hi, my name is Tim and I'm in the Senator's district. I'm calling today to ask the Senator to oppose Florida House Bill ...

Good Health and 'Blow Up' Physical Therapy Documentation, too. Elvonda

Hate G-codes? Think the Severity Modifier are a waste of your time? Dr. Halamka shares your pain: "The way we document in medicine ha...

Good Health and A Physical Therapist Won't Forget. Elvonda

Kudos to physical therapist Paul Gaspar, DPT for not giving up... ...for sitting ten hours listening to testimony affecting physical therapy...

Good Health and Open Notes Can be Transformational for Physical Therapy. Elvonda

I've been using video to record the patient experience in my outpatient physical therapy clinic for several years. I've never share...

Good Health and Price, not More Visits, Drives Cost Increases in Healthcare. Elvonda

Why should you care? Commercial health care costs are going up - does it matter whether price or patient volume is to blame? Yes. The Town ...

Good Health and Are Physical Therapy Students Risk Averse?. Elvonda

Do physical therapy students always choose the safe alternative? Does $100,000 in debt cause students to vote for the status quo? Do physica...

Good Health and Free Giveaways at 2012 Florida Private Practice Conference. Elvonda

The Florida Physical Therapists in Private Practice (FLPTPP) 2012 conference is almost twice as big as last years! But, there's still ro...

Good Health and Treatment Based Classification: Where Does it Fit In?. Elvonda

A recent webinar from the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society ( HiMSS ) called Improving Care with Predictive Analytics: The N...

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 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...

Good Health and Don't Spend Big Bucks on a New EMR... until you read this!. Elvonda

This new article, published in Advance for Physical Therapists April 3rd, 2012, shows you the future of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) in ...

Good Health and South Dakota Physical Therapy CoPay Legislation Becomes Law!. Elvonda

South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard signed House Bill 1183 on February 27th, 2012 protecting physical therapists' patients with legisl...

Good Health and Psst! Want a HOT tip? Form your own Physical Therapist Association.... Elvonda

All kidding aside, newly formed physical therapist associations seem to be a growth industry lately. Full disclosure, I am on the Board of ...

Good Health and Do We Need Physical Therapists or Algorithms?. Elvonda

"Do you use Treatment Based Classification algorithms?" I asked my friend in Florida.   "No", she replied.   "Why...