Notes from the desk of our CEO Kris Mastrangelo

 

1. Give patient and staff a daily schedule for their therapy sessions where possible, especially patients who tend to refuse or attend other activities.
2. Hold daily minute management meetings.
3. Therapist to know in advance the patients appointments, dialysis sessions, etc.
4. Educate family members and all nursing staff on the importance of therapy.  If nursing staff and ancillary staff don't understand how important therapy is, care and reimbursement may be sabotaged.
5. Communicate with nursing staff on a daily basis about patients' conditions, progress, schedule status and anything that is hindering patients from receiving therapy and successful discharge from skilled services, regardless of discharge destination.
6. It is important that the Rehab Department develop clear communication and tracking policies and decide who is responsible for tracking the therapy minutes to ensure minutes are not lost.

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