MedPage Today
Deeper Medicare Cuts Won’t Reduce the $50B Spending on Older Adult Falls
Falls among seniors pose a significant public health challenge, leading to 3 millionopens in a new tab or window emergency room visits and more than 36,000 deathsopens in a new tab or window each…
Home Health Care News
Study Highlights Physical Therapy’s Clinical, Financial Benefits Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Increased physical therapy (PT) utilization is associated with significant reductions in hospitalizations and emergency room visits, more evidence shows. Meanwhile, home health providers are still grappling with how to manage…
Charleston Gazette-Mail
Better access to physical therapy a must in WV
West Virginia’s senior citizens are fighting two epidemics: falls and opioids. While there are no easy solutions to these serious problems, greater access to physical therapy has the potential to…
McKnights Long-Term Care News
Study: PT following a fall slashes ED visits, opioid use in Medicare recipients
The use of physical therapy following a fall-related injury significantly reduces the rate of serious new injuries, related opioid use and healthcare costs among falls-prone patients, a new study has…
Arizona Daily Star
Access to Physical Therapy Vital for Aging Arizonians
Physical therapy is a cost-effective, patient-preferred option to prevent and treat pain without medication. It is clinically proven to improve strength, function, and mobility, especially for seniors as they age….
McKnights Long-Term Care News
Telehealth and rehab with end of PHE
Regulation is always clear and easy to comprehend. Laughable, right? What often happens when new rules and regulations are proposed or finalized is that there is a flurry of activity…
Inside Health Policy
CMS: Therapists In SNFs, HHAs And Rehab Agencies Can Continue Telehealth Indefinitely
Pivoting from guidance issued in the weeks leading up to the end of the PHE, CMS clarified in an FAQ Friday (May 19) that eligible distant site therapists can continue…
McKnight's Long-Term Care News
Therapists anxious without CMS guidance on telehealth coverage post-PHE
Therapy groups serving long-term care and other institutional providers were left hanging Thursday as the public health emergency officially lapsed and federal regulators still had not given clarification on whether…
PR Newswire
Rizing Tide Foundation Celebrates $15K Donation and New Scholarships
Rizing Tide, a foundation dedicated to broadening the reach, impact and accessibility of physical therapists by advancing racial diversity and inclusiveness in the physical therapy (PT) workforce, announced today that The Alliance…
Kaiser Health News
Remote Fitness Must Not Replace the Value of Physical Therapy
If we’ve learned anything in recent years, it’s how vital technology is in allowing us to stay connected virtually, especially when it comes to health care. However, the online world…