October 23, 2019 Compliance A HIPAA Risk Assessment is a Learning Experience If you own a small- to medium-sized physical therapy practice, you are most likely preoccupied with daily... By Jan Elezian
September 24, 2019 Compliance Overcome Your Fear: 4 Strategies for Tackling the HIPAA Risk Assessment Without a doubt, healthcare practices—big and small—find the HIPAA risk assessment daunting. The HIPAA Security Rule requires... By Veda Collmer, Esq.
September 5, 2019 Compliance 4 Tactics to Reduce Business Associate HIPAA Risk Here’s a scenario I hope you never have to face: your small physical therapy practice hires a... By Veda Collmer, Esq.
March 23, 2016 Business Apples Ain’t Oranges: The Case for Risk-Adjusted OMTs Chuck Klosterman, author of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, will tell you that you absolutely can compare... By Charlotte Bohnett
February 9, 2023 Physical Therapists’ Guide to G-Codes Physical therapists used G-codes to satisfy certain requirements for reporting on Medicare patients’ function and condition. By Dr. Heidi Jannenga
February 8, 2023 Physical Therapists’ Guide to PQRS PQRS was a quality reporting program that officially ended in 2017, although the financial ramifications stretched throughout 2018. By Dr. Heidi Jannenga
February 6, 2023 HIPAA for Physical Therapists The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulates how physical therapists and other providers handle patients’ protected health information (PHI). By Dr. Heidi Jannenga
July 28, 2022 Clinical Keep in Touch: 4 Technologies That Connect Rehab Therapists and Patients From a Distance The COVID-19 pandemic, although a difficult event for all healthcare professionals and patients, did have its silver... By Kylie McKee
November 5, 2021 Compliance A Whale of a Time: Diving Into the 2022 Final Rule Earlier this week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) dropped the 2022 final rule—an oceanic-sized... By Melissa Hughes
July 19, 2021 Compliance All These Doggone Changes: 2022 Proposed Rule Overview for PTs, OTs, and SLPs It’s time to shake things up a bit! Or at least, CMS says it’s time to shake... By Melissa Hughes
January 5, 2021 Marketing How to Solicit Patient Reviews and Testimonials If you’re a private practice rehab therapist looking to grow your business, you have a lot of... By Courtney Lefferts
April 22, 2020 Technology 10 Steps to Get Up and Running with Telehealth in Your Clinic In the not-too-distant past, telehealth was unexplored and unfamiliar territory for rehab therapists—long-time advocates of the in-person... By Melissa Hughes
