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Out with the drab: Time to add personality to healthcare equipment

Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L May 07, 2012

A few years ago, I broke my leg. Ouch! I was stuck in a long-leg cast for 14 weeks. Luckily, no surgery was required. It was around the holidays, so I asked to have my cast done in red and green stripes.

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Therapists can co-treat? Why yes, they can!

Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L April 19, 2012

Have you heard? Yes, it's true. We can now provide therapy co-treatment with another discipline WITHOUT splitting our treatment time. But, not so fast ...

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'The therapy caps are back!!!'

Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L April 05, 2012

Are the therapy caps back? Well, sort of. Here's a quick summary of the current regulations that were recently passed and how they affect you.

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Are you setting yourself up for success?

Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L March 26, 2012

Are you properly capturing set-up time? What on Earth am I talking about? I'm talking about utilizing the regulation as outlined in the Resident Assessment Instrument, version MDS 3.0.

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Is this billable time?

Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L March 07, 2012

The title sounds like an obvious question, but I can guarantee that the majority of therapists have under billed at some point in their career.

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Point-of-service: Friend or foe?

Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L February 22, 2012

As a manager, I used to love to promote point-of-service, or POS. As a therapist, I used to despise POS. How could I have such a love-hate relationship with POS?

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Point-of-service: Friend or foe?

Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L February 22, 2012

As a manager, I used to love to promote point-of-service, or POS. As a therapist, I used to despise POS. How could I have such a love-hate relationship with POS?

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Effectively screen those residents

Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L February 09, 2012

It's not much of a surprise that many therapists are excellent at everything in their job — except screening.

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Increasing length-of-stay

Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L January 30, 2012

Length-of-stay — LOS — is one of those management reports that often leaves administrators and upper management bewildered. If you increase LOS, you essentially increase your census.

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Does your therapy department have resolve?

Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L January 16, 2012

It's that time of year again, time to settle down and get refocused on our goals and ... New Year's resolutions that might have already been broken! Have you kept your resolutions? Has your rehab department kept its?