If you ever provide physical therapy to more than two patients at a time, there are new Medicare regulations on concurrent therapy you should be aware of. Luis Montes, DPT, MBA, Director of Business Development at Accelerated Care Plus shares his insight in today’s podcast on ways the new regulations may impact your practice.
Currently, Medicare Part A covers concurrent physical therapy for patients and leaves it up to physical therapist’s to determine the number of patients they can effectively see at the same time.The new Medicare Part A slated for release in October 2010 will only cover concurrent physical therapy for up to two patients at a time. Medicare Part B currently outlaws concurrent therapy and is not directly impacted by this change in regulation.
Listen now to find out how you can prepare for these new changes in Medicare regulation.
Today’s podcast features Tim Tyler, PT, ATC, of the Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma at Lennox Hill Hospital in New York City.Tyler shares details about an effective and affordable treatment for tennis elbow revealed in a study presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine meeting in Keystone, Colorado.
The study began as a quest for a practical way to overload the wrist extensors enough to provide tennis elbow sufferers with the same benefits as isolated eccentric training done with expensive devices or heavy weights. The solution was found in an affordable and easy-to-use flexible rubber bar.
Participants in the study were split into two groups.The control group received physical therapy for tennis elbow and the other group received the same physical therapy treatment and combined it with the “Tyler Twist” isolated eccentric wrist-extensor strengthening exercise designed to overload the muscles.The study revealed improvements for participants in the “Tyler Twist” group in as little as three weeks. Listen now to learn more about ways this new exercise can benefit your patients.
See the “Tyler Twist” exercise in action on YouTube.
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.
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