Healthcare organizations within the United States have always placed a high value on keeping records – in terms of both storage purposes and as backup. In the earliest years, record keeping was done by paper. In recent years, this has advanced to electronic record...
Hospitals and physical therapists are just two of the providers adjusting to the concept of bundled payments for a patient. When insurers set a certain price for procedures and care of a specific situation, it created a new landscape for the healthcare environment....
The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, better recognized by the acronym CMS, is receiving heavy criticism from APTA and other agencies. The government agency, is seeking approval of probable flawed plans for its home health payment system. The changes have...
Millions of people suffer from knee pain each day. Whether it’s chronic or occasional pain, it hurts and interferes with daily activities. U.S. statistics are staggering, showing that of the 100 million Americans suffering from chronic pain: Knee pain is the second...
The total care concept is a win-win experience for patients, primary care providers, and supporting specialists. The expression “great minds think alike” comes to mind when visualizing an effective plan of recovery from any type of surgery or injury. The individual...