News
03/08/19
Can We Replace Ageist Attitudes?
Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will never hurt us. Or maybe they do, and we’re so accustomed to using them that we don’t notice the damage…
02/12/19
Countdown to PDPM
I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. I recently joined RehabVisions as the Regulatory and Reimbursement Specialist. I have been a nurse since 1989 and have extensive experience…
01/29/19
Specialty Program: Pulmonary Conditioning
Rehab Director Steve Finn, PT leads a multi-disciplinary therapy team with a state-of-the-art therapy department and wellness center at one of our Iowa critical access hospital partners. With a continued…
01/10/19
Therapy Means More Than Just PT
The more well-known and identifiable of the three therapy disciplines—physical, occupational and speech therapy—is generally physical therapy. PTs help people move. We address all manner of gross-motor skills and…
12/03/18
PDPM Preparations
RehabVisions is busy preparing for the new PDPM payment system, the first significant change in the SNF reimbursement model in 20 years. While the current PPS system is based on two…
10/25/18
Therapists Noticing Changes in Patient-Care Delivery
According to a September article in Modern Healthcare, occupancy at skilled nursing facilities across the United States reached a record low of 81.7 percent in the second quarter of 2018,…
09/18/18
Falls Prevention Awareness
Each year around three million people are treated in emergency departments for fall injuries. Falls are preventable, and therapists can play a part in reducing these numbers from the National…
08/28/18
Employee Testing Program … A Win-Win Situation
We’ve previously outlined the basics of how to get started with pre and post-employment testing programs, a service offered in many of our locations because it can be marketed to…
08/01/18
Celebrating 10 Years
Today I celebrate my 10th anniversary as RehabVisions’ marketing director. Being at a company for 10 years is a little unusual in this day and age. According to the Bureau of…
07/24/18
Applying Wellness Principles
WHAT IS WELLNESS? The National Wellness Institute (NWI) shares the following model of wellness: Wellness is a conscious, self-directed and evolving process of achieving full potential Wellness is multidimensional…