Leveraging Standardized Measures To Optimize Functional Outcomes (audio)
APTA Home Health - Home on the Go
Release Date: 12/16/2024
Strategies To Optimize Scheduling Efficiency (audio/visual)
APTA Home Health - Home on the Go
Bryce Chase (Agency Director) and Zee Bhimani (Physical Therapist and Clinical Preceptor) explore strategies for optimizing scheduling efficiency in home health care. The discussion begins by emphasizing the unique demands of autonomous scheduling in the home health setting and the critical impact it has on job satisfaction, patient outcomes, and operational costs. Zee shares findings from a survey of 372 clinicians, revealing a direct correlation between effective scheduling and job satisfaction. Bryce and Zee highlight the importance of geographic zip code assignments, timely initiation of...
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Strategies To Optimize Scheduling Efficiency (audio)
APTA Home Health - Home on the Go
Bryce Chase (Agency Director) and Zee Bhimani (Physical Therapist and Clinical Preceptor) explore strategies for optimizing scheduling efficiency in home health care. The discussion begins by emphasizing the unique demands of autonomous scheduling in the home health setting and the critical impact it has on job satisfaction, patient outcomes, and operational costs. Zee shares findings from a survey of 372 clinicians, revealing a direct correlation between effective scheduling and job satisfaction. Bryce and Zee highlight the importance of geographic zip code assignments, timely initiation of...
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Home Health Interdisciplinary Collaboration (audio/visual)
APTA Home Health - Home on the Go
Michael Seils, PT, DPT, EdD, MBA discusses the vital role of interdisciplinary collaboration in home health care. Drawing from several years of experience as a PT, home health supervisor, and academician, Dr. Seils emphasizes that strong communication among healthcare professionals is essential to improving outcomes, reducing hospitalizations, and optimizing patient and staff satisfaction. He shares insights from two impactful projects: a collaborative PT/OT model that resulted in a 0% rehospitalization rate, and his dissertation research exploring communication patterns between nurses and...
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Home Health Interdisciplinary Collaboration
APTA Home Health - Home on the Go
Michael Seils, PT, DPT, EdD, MBA discusses the vital role of interdisciplinary collaboration in home health care. Drawing from several years of experience as a PT, home health supervisor, and academician, Dr. Seils emphasizes that strong communication among healthcare professionals is essential to improving outcomes, reducing hospitalizations, and optimizing patient and staff satisfaction. He shares insights from two impactful projects: a collaborative PT/OT model that resulted in a 0% rehospitalization rate, and his dissertation research exploring communication patterns between nurses and...
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2026 Home Health Proposed Rule (audio)
APTA Home Health - Home on the Go
Ellen Strunk, PT, MS, GCS, ACEEAA, CHC, RAC-CT covers key highlights of the 2026 Medicare Home Health Proposed Rule. Major topics include a proposed 6.4% reduction in Medicare fee-for-service payments, eased face-to-face documentation requirements, and changes to the Home Health CAHPS survey, including fewer and more relevant questions to reduce respondent burden. Additional updates include the removal of OASIS items, changes to DME competitive bidding, and significant enhancements to the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) model—particularly expanding the role of functional...
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2026 Home Health Proposed Rule (audio/visual)
APTA Home Health - Home on the Go
Ellen Strunk, PT, MS, GCS, ACEEAA, CHC, RAC-CT covers key highlights of the 2026 Medicare Home Health Proposed Rule. Major topics include a proposed 6.4% reduction in Medicare fee-for-service payments, eased face-to-face documentation requirements, and changes to the Home Health CAHPS survey, including fewer and more relevant questions to reduce respondent burden. Additional updates include the removal of OASIS items, changes to DME competitive bidding, and significant enhancements to the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) model—particularly expanding the role of functional...
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Falls Prevention: Don’t Overlook Your Patient’s Arms! (audio)
APTA Home Health - Home on the Go
Jonathan Lee-Confer, PhD discusses the often-overlooked role of the upper extremities in preventing falls during slips or trips. He covers a variety of topics including counterbalance, coordinated arm-leg movement, reaction time, type 2 muscle fiber activation, and ballistic upper extremity muscle activation. He distinguishes between the reactions required during slip-induced falls (lateral) and trip-induced falls (forward). Jonathan advocates for a comprehensive, multimodal approach to fall prevention, integrating upper body and lower body exercises to optimize neuromuscular responses and...
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Falls Prevention: Don’t Overlook Your Patient’s Arms! (audio/visual)
APTA Home Health - Home on the Go
Jonathan Lee-Confer, PhD discusses the often-overlooked role of the upper extremities in preventing falls during slips or trips. He covers a variety of topics including counterbalance, coordinated arm-leg movement, reaction time, type 2 muscle fiber activation, and ballistic upper extremity muscle activation. He distinguishes between the reactions required during slip-induced falls (lateral) and trip-induced falls (forward). Jonathan advocates for a comprehensive, multimodal approach to fall prevention, integrating upper body and lower body exercises to optimize neuromuscular responses and...
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AI & The Future of Home Health Documentation (audio)
APTA Home Health - Home on the Go
This episode delves into the transformative role of artificial intelligence (AI) in home health documentation, featuring insights from Nestmed’s Mo Charawi (Co-founder and CEO) and David Kerns (Chief Strategy Officer). The discussion highlights how AI-powered tools can capture and interpret clinician-patient interactions, automating up to 90% of visit documentation and easing administrative burdens. The technology is capable of recognizing multiple languages, differentiating who is speaking, and extracting relevant patient data from referrals. Instead of manually typing notes, clinicians can...
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AI & The Future of Home Health Documentation (audio visual)
APTA Home Health - Home on the Go
This episode delves into the transformative role of artificial intelligence (AI) in home health documentation, featuring insights from Nestmed’s Mo Charawi (Co-founder and CEO) and David Kerns (Chief Strategy Officer). The discussion highlights how AI-powered tools can capture and interpret clinician-patient interactions, automating up to 90% of visit documentation and easing administrative burdens. The technology is capable of recognizing multiple languages, differentiating who is speaking, and extracting relevant patient data from referrals. Instead of manually typing notes, clinicians can...
info_outlineJ.J. Mowder-Tinney, PT, PhD, NCS, CSRS, CEEAA discusses the importance of leveraging standardized outcome measures in home health physical therapy practice to improve patient outcomes, prevent hospitalization, and enhance patient satisfaction. She encourages therapists to strategically select the ideal measure based on individual patient deficits and highlights the Function in Sitting Test (FIST) for non-ambulatory patients. An important key is to link assessment results to meaningful goals that motivate patients and their caregivers. Finally, JJ stresses the importance of embracing baseline scores (including zeros) as part of the process, helping patients recognize improvement over time.
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https://www.south.edu/department/physical-therapy/?dept=5654