March 2014

March is National Athletic Training Awareness month. Therapy Center is providing several articles to increase awareness of the profession and to educate the public on common injuries that we see in our outpatient clinic. Enjoy! The heat during the upcoming summer months can get pretty extreme. Recognizing the signs and symptoms of a heat related […]

The APTA recently sent out this update that we wanted to share with you. The House passed the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (H.R. 4302) today, which would avoid the scheduled 24.1% payment cut to Medicare providers and extend the therapy cap exceptions process for 12 months.  The short-term fix provides a 0.5%

Setup at 8 am/Legislative session at 9 am Please join us on the morning of Thursday, April 3, 2014 for the LPTA Day at the Capitol. This opportunity provides physical therapists a chance to introduce themselves to legislators and show and teach them what our profession consists of and how important it is. Setup will

As a recruiter, it is my job to seek out qualified individuals who would work hard for our company. It’s easy to grow attached to these individuals; I get very involved in our conversations and before you know it I can tell you all about this person’s first pet, their grandmother’s most delicious pecan pie, and

The following update was sent from the APTA. Please take action to help end the Therapy Cap! Though a House-approved bill to end the flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) is almost certain to be a nonstarter in the Senate, a Senate bill that would end both the SGR and the therapy cap is now gaining

March is National Athletic Training Awareness month. Therapy Center is providing several articles to increase awareness of the profession and to educate the public on common injuries that we see in our outpatient clinic. Enjoy! This is a medical follow-up sheet for your health and safety.  Signs of a chest or abdominal injury may not

As a speech therapist, recruiter, and advocate of the Therapy Center, it is often times difficult to explain to skilled nursing facility owners and administrators how we differ from our competitors.  The most common feedback I hear from administrators is that “it’s all about rates”.  While rates are certainly important, the bottom line can be

March is National Athletic Training Awareness month. Therapy Center is providing several articles to increase awareness of the profession and to educate the public on common injuries that we see in our outpatient clinic. Enjoy! It is not unusual to have a short period of nausea, occasional vomiting, and mild to moderate headache following a