The first APTA podcast, “Impact on War injuries on Rehabilitation Research,” features professionals from the Center of the Intrepid, a San Antonio, Texas rehabilitation facility located near the Brooke Army Medical Center.This podcast addresses limb loss and spinal cord injury research and treatments completed at the center.Listen to learn more about the advancement of prosthetic devices and techniques the center is using to improve patient function and quality of life.
The second APTA podcast, “Impact on War Injuries on Clinical Practice,” walks you through a day in the life of physical therapists working with injured soldiers. Listen to learn more about the challenges faced while treating soldiers in the field and transporting injured soldiers to a medical facility. Discover techniques utilized to help patients achieve the best function possible through prosthetics, powered knee extensions and other technologies.
The podcasts are available from iTunes and on the PT Journal website.
Today’s podcast features a group experience as I interview three successful physical therapists about their unique clinic in Studio City, Ca. Dawn-Marie Ickes, PT, Allison Cabot, PT and Gabrielle Shrier, PT share the reasons they began including a wellness component in their practice seven years ago. By utilizing “trainers” with expertise in areas not typically associated with physical therapy, the ladies are providing a better patient outcome and relying less on insurance reimbursement.
The wellness model has taken their practice into into new directions. The benefit to patients is a positive outcome that lasts long after treatment has concluded. With 7 years experience implementing their philosophies, Dawn-Marie, Allison and Gabrielle offer sound advice that you may be able to use in the rapidly changing world of rehabilitation. Join Jeff Worrell and our experts this week for news you can use.
It didn’t take long for a physical therapist to realize that You Tube is good, but a seperate site just for interesting and educational rehabilitation content would be even better. Sam Awosolu, PT started www.PhysicalTherapyChannel.comand is bringing free, high quality video and audio content to his peers. Sam is unique in not only possessing superior skills to rehabilitate the total knee patient or work with a recovering stoke patient, but he also completely understands HTML, PHP and SEO. Terminology like this is usually Greek to most, but Sam knows his way around a computer using the internet to make a world of knowledge easily accessible to his fellow colleagues.
In today’s podcast, Sam shares his thoughts about the internet and his new venture designed to serve the Physical Therapy community. Now on the second generation website, this is a site you will want to bookmark and refer to often. For questions or more information about this episode, send an email to feedback@pttalker.com.
Our expert today will make you think twice about overlooking the Medicare KX modifier. For patients that have exceeded the $1840 annual per beneficiary cap, Tim Richardson, PT advocates using outcome measures to document the need for increased physical therapy services. He fully admits that many therapists view the KX modifier as an invitation for a Medicare audit…..which most try to avoid like the plague. But, Tim makes a strong case that a disservice to the Medicare beneficiary occurs when the modifier is not used; when it should be.
Listen in this month as Jeff Worrell interviews Tim Richardson, PT of Medical Arts Rehab in Palmetto, FL and the author of soon to be released book, Bulletproof Physical Therapy Decisions. In the book, due out January of 2010, Tim offers tools and resources for Physical Therapist interested in Medicare compliance. A major clarification made in the book is the difference between process measures and outcome measures for Medicare. Everyone seems to be aware of the 8 minute rule for Medicare which would be an example of a process rule that is somewhat arbitrary. But, are therapists using outcome measures like the Optimal Form or Lower Extremity Functional Scale? His book documents over 20 outcome measure tools.
To find out more about Tim Richardson, PT and his work, www.bulletproofpt.com, or www.bulletproofphysicaltherapydecisions.com. You can also follow Tim on Twitter at PTGuru. Check back reguarly for information on the exact release date for Bulletproof Physical Therapy Decisions.
Listen in this month as Jeff Worrell interviews Tim Richardson, PT of Medical Arts Rehab in Palmetto, FL and the author of soon to be released book, 