Not all therapists realize that professional development is an individual responsibility . Only you know what you aspire to be and what goals you have set for yourself. The first step is to conduct a self-assessment of your clinical skills, attitudes and professional practice, ethics and overall job duties. Create your professional development plan based …

May marks the 30th year that RehabVisions has been in business. To commemorate this important event, we put together this video about how we started, where we’ve been, and what the future holds for us as a company. Enjoy! RV 30th Anniversary Video

Just as I was starting to think our jobs in therapy were getting consumed with Medicare rules and regulations, a patient encounter reminded me otherwise. In visiting one of our skilled nursing facilities recently, I was sitting in the therapy department when a gentleman in jeans and a plaid shirt approached and asked for one …

When Bethany Lutheran Home CEO Mike Van Sickle went looking for a new therapy provider, integrity was number one on his list. Bethany Lutheran had been caught up in a costly, multi-year Corporate Integrity Agreement from the Office of the Inspector General relating to their previous therapy provider. They were investigated for their billing practices. …

As part of our acquisition effort, RehabVisions and Total Rehab have formed a partnership to provide management and support to Total Rehab’s two existing Outpatient Clinics this past May. Total Rehab, with locations in McAlester and Antlers, Oklahoma, was founded by Margaret Bates, OT and Michele Cox, PT. The two therapists started the business in …

It’s true! Communication is key, but the way we communicate is a huge part of it. I came across this blog post from Compliance Chat by Tom Ambury on communication and thought it was interesting, especially in thinking about our therapy departments–how we communicate to them from the home office, how they communicate among each …

I love the feeling of fresh beginnings from starting a new calendar year. I’m a resolution-maker, and I think others should be too. It’s a perfect time to assess how things are going and set some goals that you can actually track in the coming year. Director of Operations Tracy Milius, OT and I threw …

With the election past us, budgets being completed and the impending “fresh start” of a new year, it seems like a good time to take stock and figure out “where we are.” With all the rhetoric about Obamacare, fiscal cliffs and the drum beat of impending doom, amazingly enough, people are still getting sick and …

Patients with dementia diagnosis frequently present with the need for therapy services in skilled nursing facilities, hospitals, outpatient clinics and home health agencies. Sometimes therapists are concerned with treating patients with this diagnosis because therapy may not “rehabilitate or restore lost function.” However, if you refer to the Medicare benefit policy manual, it states that …

Often times I think we, as clinicians, sell ourselves short. We take for granted the education and training we have as if it were common sense. I hear clinicians say things like, “what I provided there, anyone could have done. The patient didn’t need my services. That wasn’t skilled care,” after we’ve done something like …