By Mary Ann Bowles, Therapy Resource, Endura/Colorado Quite often leadership will have to take time off, and sometimes it’s lengthy as in a maternity leave. You need an interim DOR! The questions arise: Who will take charge while you’re gone?…
By Lori O’Hara, MA, CCC-SLP, Therapy Resource – ADR/Appeals/Clinical Review CMS thinks that speech therapy is so special that it gave speech five different considerations for the payment category. Thanks, CMS! So here are a few tips for being an…
By Deb Bielek, Therapy Education Resource Currently, several of our facility therapy teams have been supporting efforts toward identifying best practice approaches as well as new tools and resources available to help us continue on our path toward effective and…
By Tamala Sammons, Senior Therapy Resource In an effort to ensure our clinical practice and policies match regulatory requirements, we frequently review therapy policies and POSTettes. Recently, we identified a number of areas where we could make changes to help…
Say your patient had a hip replacement after a fall with a fracture. Coding rules say you code the fracture first, not the aftercare code. But that’s fine — as long as you check the box that says “Hip Replacement”…
As we move closer to the October 1st changes with PDPM, many therapy programs have made concerted efforts to implement Group and Concurrent modes of treatment and have noted how their patients are enjoying them. Since January of 2019…
There has been a lot of energy around implementation of group therapy. It’s a great way to focus therapeutic interventions on retraining previously learned skills, reinforcing strengths, teaching compensatory strategies, developing functional skills, and increasing self-awareness to facilitate successful adaptation…
Congratulations to the first two recipients of the ENspire seed money grant program! Inaugural projects receiving ENspire funds include “Focused Occupational Therapy Interventions for Clients with Heart Failure in Skilled Nursing Facilities” and “Translating Evidence Based Mental Health interventions in a Skilled Nursing Facility Environment.”
The land swelled below the wing of the plane in gentle shades of green and brown, revealing ample squares defining crops, and the perimeter of a small community where various creeks meander through town before combining to become the Walla…
By Lori O’Hara, MA, CCC-SLP – Therapy Resource, ADR/Appeals/Clinical Review CMS doesn’t define a lot of requirements for what needs to be in a daily note, understanding that it’s what happens during the session that drives the content. But one of…