Category: Healthcare Regulations & Compliance
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,…
10/11/18
Professional Advocacy – It’s Everyone’s Responsibility
Each of us has a right and a responsibility to advocate for our professions. As regulations continue to change and even dictate our reimbursement and delivery of service, we are…
11/15/16
The Importance of Documentation
If you haven’t heard, time and time and time again, our therapy documentation is of the utmost importance. Why, you ask? Well, you don’t go out to dinner or buy…
08/12/16
Bundled Payments
The Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model (CJR) is a new bundled payment model being tested for episodes of care related to total knee and total hip replacements under Medicare.…
07/27/16
New Quality Measures Coming to SNFs
By the year 2018, Quality Measures will help determine how skilled nursing facilities are compensated based on the quality of services provided. This shift in reimbursement methodology continues a commitment…
02/17/14
Healthcare Reform – A Therapy Perspective
It is a widely held tenant of planning that as organizations we generally overestimate the amount of change that will occur within the next four years, and we underestimate the…
12/03/13
A Community of Compliance
RehabVisions has established our commitment to compliance by not only protecting patients’ rights but also protecting and supporting our employees. It is within our well-established culture of providing quality health…
10/14/13
RV Welcomes Compliance Manager
RehabVisions added a new position to our Operations Department recently to to stay on top of regulatory points and provide expertise to our hospital clients. Brenda Kemling, PT started in…
07/19/13
Darrell’s Rural Rant
Our National Account Executive was on the road today returning from a Rural Hospital conference. We didn’t have a booth at this particular show so Todd spent the majority of…
12/03/12
The Election Is Over. What’s Next For Therapy?
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…