By Gusty Friday, 9 December 2011 American Physical Therapy Assocation APTA copayment legislation fair copayment physical therapist Good Health and Fair CoPayment Web Page Now Online at APTA. Elvonda The new American Physical Therapy Assocation (APTA) Fair CoPayment web page went live on December 7th, 2011. Physical therapists advocatin...
By Gusty 00:52 better outcomes Clinical Quality Measures innovation Medicare National Quality Measures Clearinghouse physical therapist process-of-care Good Health and The Process of Profitability. Elvonda Physical therapists can learn from this highly successful company. They sell 10% af all the furniture in the world, they made $30 BILLION i...
By Gusty Tuesday, 6 December 2011 florida physical therapist Medicare orthopedists Physical therapsists primary care physicians recovery audit contractors Take Back Letter Good Health and Hospitals Bounce Back but Florida Physical Therapists May Still Get the "Take Back Letter". Elvonda Florida physical therapsists may still be on the hook, beginning January 1, 2012, resulting in the dreaded "Take Back Letter" from...
By Gusty Thursday, 1 December 2011 algorithms art and science of physical therapy clinical decision rules clinical intuition clinical workflow diagnosis fracture physical therapist vertebral Good Health and The Art and Science of Physical Therapy. Elvonda The 2011 Oxford Debate at the APTA Annual Conference in Washington DC pitted clinical decision rules - algorithms - against clincial intuiti...
By Gusty Wednesday, 30 November 2011 branded chronic back pain comparative effectiveness study copayments Lower Back Pain physical therapy treatments yoga Good Health and Primary Care Physicians Call for Exercises to Treat Lower Back Pain. Elvonda Wiser words were never spoke in addressing the paradox of payment for lower back pain and physical therapy treatments. Read on... "We...
By Gusty Tuesday, 29 November 2011 electronic medical records health access patient outcomes patient satisfaction primary care physicians specialty physicians Good Health and Name That Country Quiz!. Elvonda Can you name this country? Primary care physicians earn 20% more than specialty physicians in this country. This country has highly coordina...
By Gusty Monday, 28 November 2011 direct access to physical therapists doctor shortage Nurse Practitioners patient outcomes physical therapy Physician Assistants physician outcomes primary care settings Good Health and Can Physical Therapists Replace Physicians as Primary Care Providers in Hospitals?. Elvonda Doom-and-gloom futurists project a "doctor shortage" in the United States but new studies increasingly support the roll of non-phy...