If there’s one piece of advice today’s PT students can learn from experienced physical therapists, it’s to listen to their patients. Here, successful PTs from across the country expound on this and more advice for aspiring physical therapists: What advice would you give PT students today? My advice to PT students is to have an
Insurance and government rules and regulations have certainly clouded the healthcare landscape over the past year or so, and with such clouding has come to rise of unclean claims for healthcare providers. Essentially, an unclean claim is one that requires a healthcare provider or patient to jump through extra hoops in order to provide information
Beyond helping their patients overcome everything from chronic back pain to carpal tunnel syndrome, today’s physical therapists also make sure to take their skills outside of their offices, helping those in their community learn how to combat pain and improve their health. We recently checked in with PTs around the country to find out what
Think your practice is too small for a data breach to occur? Think again. It’s vital to stay on the right side of HIPAA requirements for data security. This isn’t always easy and can cost a significant amount, but in general, locking down data is less expensive than damage control after a breach. Breaches of
Spend enough time in any profession and you’ll make a mistake or two. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Each misstep has the potential to pave the way for better decisions down the road. We recently asked several physical therapists to share one thing they’ve done in practice that they’d never do again. Here’s
Smaller physician-owned practices have a lot to contribute to the healthcare conversation, even when practice consolidation and hospital ownership are the name of the care delivery game in many areas. This insight comes not from a lonely rural practitioner, but from Dr. Farzad Mostashari, former national coordinator for health information technology at the US Department
Laurie Towers is the owner of Physical Advantage, a New York City-based massage studio that’s focused on rehabilitative massage for athletes and performing artists. But don’t look for candles and soft music, Laurie has set out to be sort of a renegade in the world of massage. Read on to learn more: Tell us about
How much patient information can you share with…your patient? And does your support staff know the answer? Patients’ access to their own health information is a cornerstone of HIPAA, the intent of which is to protect the privacy and security of identifiable health information. However, HIPAA has generated plenty of confusion as to who has
You don’t need a cadre of studies to tell you that physicians in private practice have to handle more administrative chores than ever. More notable, a recent study found that administrative duties are the top stress producer for most physicians. Data entry and reporting tasks associated with care coordination, value-based purchasing, ICD-10, and population health
It’s been 10 months after the rollout of the 10th revision of the International Classification of Disease (ICD-10), a standardized set of codes used to identify diseases and hospital procedures. After the bustle of preparing for the addition of 140,000 new codes, medical practices have had a chance to catch their breaths and reflect on
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