Ready or not, here it comes.
By Anthony Sinacore, PT, DPT
October 2018
Marijuana. Cannabis. Weed. Grass. Whatever names are being used these days, these terms by themselves spark debate, and you have more than likely already made up your mind on where you stand on the topic.
Tap into employee experience
By Kristen Cederlind, OTR/L, and Barb Herke-Smith, PT*
October 2018
“Employee experience” is emerging as an important term in the Human Resources (HR) handbook, with the primary focus on creating environments that make people genuinely want to come to work.
The first in a series of articles prepared by the PPS Payment Policy Committee.
By Rick Katz, PT, DPT, MA
September 2018
Value-based care is often defined as demonstrating the relationship between patient outcomes and cost.
Take a counterintuitive approach to cost control.
By Jeanine Gunn, PT, DPT, and Heather Chavin, MA
August 2018
Private practice owners are all familiar with the cost containment portion of the Quadruple Aim (enhancing patient experience, improving population health, reducing costs, and improving the work life of health care providers, including clinicians and staff).1 Metrics like vacancy rate, denial rates, new patients, and units per hour all make our list of key performance indicators (KPIs).
The right system for collecting and reporting outcomes will have several features, one of which is reporting.
By Al Amato, PT, MBA*
August 2018
The value of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) permeates health care. Patient-centered care demands that the patient’s perception be placed at the center of health care decision making.