As the world continues to adjust to the sweeping social and cultural changes imposed by the pandemic, healthcare professionals have worked hard to find new ways to deliver care in ways that keep both them and their patients safe. Foremost among the emerging trends…
2020 has seen the expansion of the role of virtual appointments for rehabilitation therapies. We have all felt the wrath of COVID-19 and the legislative measures surrounding it for some time now. From small private business owners to healthcare workers, you would be hard-pressed…
Goal for H.R. 8755 is to allow OTs to practice virtually beyond current emergency Congress has taken up the case of allowing OTs to continue as practitioners of telehealth even beyond the current confines of the COVID-19 pandemic with the introduction of H.R. 8755. …
Telehealth Quick Start Guide for Physical and Occupational Therapy Professionals Do you want to offer telehealth sessions to your patients, but you don’t know where to start? Use this quick start guide by Pieter de Smidt, PT, DPT, Cert MDT, MTC, FMS-C as a…
Helping seniors, rural communities at heart of initiative for telehealth providers Representatives Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) and David McKinley (R-WV) introduced the Expanded Telehealth Access Act (H.R. 8755) on November 16. This bill would enable occupational therapy practitioners to provide occupational therapy (OT) services to…
The global COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world as we know it, forcing the field of physical therapy to adopt telehealth. It has created mass disruption across every industry, both private and public, not to mention the personal disturbances and sacrifices it has caused…
With the COVID-19 pandemic keeping many Americans home, telehealth services have emerged as an alternative to in-person care. Prior to this telehealth was an option for some medical services, however most insurances did not cover physical, occupational and speech therapy delivered by this method. Telehealth is…
Embracing telehealth led to relatively strong performance of industry As the COVID-19 pandemic has changed how plastic surgeons will care for patients and how they operate their practices, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) recently conducted a member survey to understand what procedures…
2021 will have quite a few changes for CMS in store Philosophers who studied Plato as well as Hermes quoted that “the only thing consistent in this great world of ours is change”. It is known in physics and in science, that nothing stays…
Telehealth, though incredibly useful, has some very important pitfalls to watch out for as it becomes more heavily utilized Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth was not a common method of evaluation and treatment delivery for physical, occupation and speech therapists. Most insurances did…