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| Happy 4th of July to all SCAPTA members!
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Have a great, safe holiday!
September 23 is Falls Prevention Awareness Day! This is a day sponsored by the National Council on Aging that seeks to raise awareness in how to prevent fall-related injuries in geriatric populations. You can find out more information about the event and how to prevent falls at https://www.ncoa.org/healthy-aging/falls-prevention/falls-prevention-awareness-day/.
Legislation is in the works to improve the diversity of Physical Therapy, as well as speech and occupational, practices. The combined APTA-AOTA-ASHA bill would provide $5 million for scholarships and stipends from 2020-2025 for underrepresented individuals (including racial and ethnic minorities, as well as disadvantaged backgrounds). If you have any questions about the above information, or how to get involved with federal advocacy for the physical therapy profession, please reach out to Tristan Faile (Tristan@vertexpt.com).
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You set goals — and track outcomes data — for your patients, right? And you tweak plans of care as you go to ensure patients are moving in the right direction, optimizing your approach to bring them closer to the results they want. Otherwise, you’d be treating blind, hoping that your patients were progressing, but not really knowing for sure. The same holds true for your practice’s billing health.
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PT in Motion
There's a growing realization that helping patients achieve optimal health requires addressing both the body and the mind. As a practical matter, though, how does that happen? These PTs are showing the way.
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PT in Motion
A final rule from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will expand small employers' ability to offer Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs), a change that may make it easier for more Americans to purchase health insurance that they don't receive from their jobs. While it's still too early to tell if the change will significantly impact patients seen by physical therapists (PTs), APTA's advice is to keep an eye open, and be aware of the nuances of HRA payment.
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PT Products Online
Among patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), 37% receive physical therapy, according to an analysis of a large German registry published in Arthritis Care & Research.
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Evidence in Motion
Last Monday, there was an executive order signed that called for more transparency of pricing that hospitals charge for services. You can read about it here if you missed the news. The order is said to help create more awareness and put patients in the driver’s seat when choosing where to have their care.
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The Berkshire Eagle
Terry Robbins suffered an incomplete spinal cord injury during a car crash on his way to the Vietnam War in 1967. At first, he was able to get around with the assistance of a walking stick, but for nearly two decades he had been reliant on a wheelchair to get around.
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PPS Impact
“If you build it, they will come” is a memorable line from the famous 1989 movie Field of Dreams.
If only this were true for physical therapy practices. Any practice would thrive if we could simply open our doors and provide excellent care to our patients.
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