By Gusty Thursday, 31 May 2012 -KX modifier balance assessment exercise medically necessary Medicare physical therapy prior falls 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...
By Gusty Monday, 28 May 2012 licensing and credentialing Medicare outpatient physical therapists Physical therapy journal readmissions telemedicine 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 ...
By Gusty Tuesday, 22 May 2012 physical therapy Twitter conversation University of Pittsburgh 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 ...
By Gusty Monday, 21 May 2012 organ transplants physicians 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...
By Gusty Thursday, 17 May 2012 AthletiCo Focus on Therapeutic Outcomes FOTO physical therapists 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...
By Gusty 10:51 cut calories healthcare providers obesity physical therapy struggle with obesity The Mathematics of Obesity 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 ...
By Gusty Tuesday, 15 May 2012 -KX modifier alternative payment system American Physical Therapy Associations APTA physical therapist PT Journal Severity and Intensity model 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...