Kristi Fredieu

HEAT ILLNESS

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 […]

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House Passes Temporary Fix for SGR and the Therapy Cap; Senate Action to Come

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%

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Therapy Center’s Effect: SNF Contract Acquisition

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

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Congress Strips Therapy Cap Repeal from Advancing Legislation

Take action TODAY before it’s too late.   We must not allow this legislation to move forward without addressing the therapy cap. Action in both the House and the Senate may be imminent and we must act quickly to mobilize against last week’s actions. Recently, legislation that would have reformed Medicare’s provider payment system and fully

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Protect Your 30 Day Discharge Window: Knowing Discharge Options

Nearly 2 million Medicare beneficiaries are readmitted within 30 days of release each year, costing Medicare $17.5 billion in additional hospital bills. Kaiser Health The Basics The birth of the Affordable Care Act brought about the principle of penalizing hospitals for re-admission of patients with identified diagnoses within 30 days of discharge. Beginning in Fiscal

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