Medical Rehab Matters

In each episode we discuss inpatient medical rehabilitation and conditions treated and legislative and ‎regulatory issues that show why Medical Rehab Matters. This podcast is produced by American Medical ‎Rehabilitation Providers Association (AMRPA). ‎

AMRPA Looks Ahead to 2025 01/13/2025

AMRPA Looks Ahead to 2025 In our final episode of season 4, we look ahead to 2025 and beyond, with AMRPA’s policy team. Our guests are Kate Beller, President of Government Relations and Policy, Troy Hillman, Director of Quality and Health Policy, and Joe Nahra, Director of Government Relations and Regulatory Policy. Read more about on our website. This episode is hosted by Patricia Sullivan, AMRPA Director of Content & Marketing. /episode/index/show/medicalrehabmatters/id/34835305

Chief Clinical Officer 10/15/2024

Chief Clinical Officer Meet AMRPA's first Chief Clinical Officer, Dr Karl Sandin. In this episode, Dr. Sandin talks about the how’s and why’s of this new role. Our other guest is AMRPA President Kate Beller. Hosted by Patricia Sullivan, AMRPA director of communications. Email Dr. Sandin at . https://amrpa.org/podcast/ /episode/index/show/medicalrehabmatters/id/33471157

Physical Therapy 10/02/2024

Physical Therapy Each October, the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) celebrates National Physical Therapy Month. In this episode, AMRPA Board Chair Chris Lee talks his career, which started in physical therapy, the importance of physical therapy in inpatient medical rehab, and how his training in PT impacts his work both as the vice president and chief operating officer of Madonna Hospitals and with AMRPA. We also talk with Derek Stepp, Senior Director in the APTA’s certification department about the value of physical therapy specializations and certifications. You can learn more about APTA’s Certifications at Learn more about inpatient medical rehab at . /episode/index/show/medicalrehabmatters/id/33172522

Celebrating National Rehab Awareness Week 09/06/2024

Celebrating National Rehab Awareness Week National Rehabilitation Awareness Week, Sept. 16-22, 2024, is an initiative started by the National Rehabilitation Awareness Foundation and held during the third full week in September of every year. In this episode, we talk about what it is, why AMRPA is involved, and how you can participate as well. Our guest is Adam Robertson, senior marketing manager for AMRPA. Hosted by Patricia Sullivan, Director of Communications for AMRPA. You can learn more about NRAW and download the toolkit at . /episode/index/show/medicalrehabmatters/id/32944537

RCD: Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going 06/04/2024

RCD: Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going Our fourth season kicks off with a discussion and update on the Review Choice Demonstration or RCD as it expands into Pennsylvania in June. Our guests are Dr. Alberto Esquenazi, Chief Medical Officer at MossRehab in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, and a member of the AMRPA Board of Directors; Andrew Baird, Senior Vice President of Public Policy, Legislation, and Regulations at Encompass Health and co-chair of AMRPA’s RCD Workgroup; and Joe Nahra, AMRPA Director of Government Relations and Regulatory Policy. This episode is hosted Kate Beller, AMRPA President of Government Relations. /episode/index/show/medicalrehabmatters/id/31581907

What's Next: The Future of Inpatient Medical Rehab 12/11/2023

What's Next: The Future of Inpatient Medical Rehab Recorded at the 2023 AMRPA Fall Conference and Expo, we present a panel discussion looking ahead ‎at the future of inpatient medical rehabilitation featuring Kate Beller, JD, EVP for Policy Development and Government Relations, AMRPA; Anthony Cuzzola, Vice President, JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute; Troy Hillman, Director of Quality and Health Policy, AMRPA; and Joe Nahra, Director of Government Relations and Regulatory Policy, AMRPA. /episode/index/show/medicalrehabmatters/id/28956953

Patient Perspective 2023 12/04/2023

Patient Perspective 2023 Meet Wayne Moorehead, the Patient Perspective Speaker at the 2023 AMRPA Fall Educational Conference and Expo. Wayne is joined by two members of his care team at TIRR Memorial Hermann, Kristin Reeves, PT, MS, Physical Therapist, and Vinay Vanodia, MD, Director, Limb Loss program, Amputee Rehabilitation and Prosthetics and Orthotics, TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital. /episode/index/show/medicalrehabmatters/id/28829363

Medical Rehab Matters - eRehabData 11/27/2023

Medical Rehab Matters - eRehabData Meaningful Data in Medical Rehabilitation: The Value of eRehabData for AMRPA’s Advocacy Efforts is a panel discussion featuring Sam Fleming, from Fleming AOD, Chris Lee, from Madonna Rehab Hospitals, Joyal Pavey from Mary Free Bed Advisory Group, Shaun McNelis from Select Medical, and AMRPA’s Kate Beller and Troy Hillman. Recorded at the AMRPA Fall Educational Conference & Expo. /episode/index/show/medicalrehabmatters/id/28804703

Medical Rehab Matters - Certification 11/11/2023

Medical Rehab Matters - Certification In this episode we're talking about the AMRPA Medical Rehabilitation Managment Certification -- or MRMC. We talk with two of the team that created and manages the program, and two people who earned their MRMC in 2021, Scott Littig, MBA, MRMC, MA, CCC/SLP, and Renee Lomax, MSN-Admin, BSN, RN, CRN-C10, MRMC. And certificants Misty A. Brady, PT, DPT, MRMC, and Belinda Lemcool, MSN, RN, CRRN, MRMC. Learn more about earning your MRMC at . Hosted by Patricia Sullivan, AMRPA Director of Communications. /episode/index/show/medicalrehabmatters/id/28594263

Medical Rehab Matters - Review Choice Demonstration-RCD 07/26/2023

Medical Rehab Matters - Review Choice Demonstration-RCD CMS’ Review Choice Demonstration will begin impacting inpatient medical rehab hospitals and units in Alabama summer 2023. We discuss possible implications for patients, including possible access to care issues. This episode is intended to be educational as we approach the start of the program. Additional information was released while we were recording. And we'll address that, and other updates, in future episodes as the RCD moves forward. Our guests are Anthony Cuzzola, chair of the AMRPA Board, and Joe Nahra, AMRPA’s Director of Government Relations and Regulatory Policy. Hosts: Dr. Robert Krug, past chair of the AMRPA Board of Directors, and Kate Beller, Executive Vice President for Policy Development and Government Relations. /episode/index/show/medicalrehabmatters/id/27574239

Hope & Advocacy 05/25/2023

Hope & Advocacy This episode features two speakers from the AMRPA Spring Conference. Theirs are stories of serious injuries, hope and advocacy. Jamie MoCrazy, founder and CEO of , and Sam Porritt, the founder and board chair of the . Jamie was a professional skier who experienced a serious accident in a competition. Sam was seriously injured while on vacation in Italy. Their stories are different but both have experienced remarkable recoveries and both work to give hope, motivation, advocacy and support for others who come after them. Cohosted by Robert Krug, MD, past Chair of the AMRPA Board, and Patricia Sullivan, AMRPA Director of Communications. /episode/index/show/medicalrehabmatters/id/26941512

Medical Rehab Matters - Rehab Nursing 05/08/2023

Medical Rehab Matters - Rehab Nursing We’re celebrating Nursing Week with two rehab nurses who exemplify the profession: Amanda Hansen, RN, is the nurse manager of acute rehab, and Terasa Farlin, BSN, RN, CRRN, is vice president of patient care and chief nursing officer at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska. Co-hosts: Dr. Robert Krug, former chair of the AMRPA Board of Directors, and AMRPA Communications Director Patricia Sullivan. /episode/index/show/medicalrehabmatters/id/26748180

Seat Elevation 03/03/2023

Seat Elevation In this episode, we address a proposal by CMS to cover seat elevation equipment in Group 3 power wheelchairs. Our guests are Joe Nahra, Co-Coordinator of the ITEM Coalition, and Ali Ingersoll, a disability strategy consultant, Ms. Wheelchair America 2023, and a day trader. Co-hosts are Patricia Sullivan, AMRPA Director of Communications, and Kate Beller, AMRPA Executive Vice President for Government Affairs. Take action and learn more about seat elevation coverage at . /episode/index/show/medicalrehabmatters/id/26121639

3 Hour Rule Legislation 11/17/2022

3 Hour Rule Legislation Welcome to Medical Rehab Matters. Our guest in this episode is Leela Baggett, a Senior Associate at Powers Law, who talks with co hosts Dr. Robert Krug, and Kate Beller, about one of AMRPA’s top policy priorities in 2022, the 3 Hour Rule modernization bill. You’ll learn what the three hour rule is, its history, and what it means for inpatient medical rehab care. /episode/index/show/medicalrehabmatters/id/25052508

25 Years 11/03/2022

25 Years In this episode we’re celebrating AMRPA’s 25th anniversary with a panel discussion recorded at our 2022 Fall Conference. You’ll hear about how AMRPA was founded, the changes in the field, and a look ahead to what the next 25 years may bring. This session was moderated by Dr. Bruce Gans, AMRPA Chief Policy Officer and AMRPA Board Chairman from 2009-2011, 2014-2017. Our panelists are Kate Beller, AMRPA EVP for Policy Development and Government Relations, Chris Lee, Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals, Mark Tarr, President and Chief Executive Officer, Encompass Health, and Kathleen Yosko‎, President, KCY Healthcare Advisors. /episode/index/show/medicalrehabmatters/id/24882093

A Patient’s Perspective 10/20/2022

A Patient’s Perspective In this episode, we hear from Richard Diegel, the Patient Perspective Speaker at the 2022 AMRPA Fall Conference. Rich overcame the worst of what COVID-19 could throw at him and then transitioned to St. Mary’s Rehabilitation Hospital. Rich is joined by his wife Donna, and Carly Bixler, his physical therapist. /episode/index/show/medicalrehabmatters/id/24735570

Value of Medical Rehab 09/22/2022

Value of Medical Rehab In this episode, we discuss the value inpatient medical rehab brings to health systems and learn about a new physical medicine and rehab residency program that started in Connecticut in July. Our guests are Subramani Seetharama, MD, Program Director of the PM&R Residency Program at UConn and chief of the Division of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and medical director at Hartford Healthcare Rehabilitation Network; and Chris Carlin, Vice President of Rehabilitation for the Hartford Healthcare Rehabilitation Network. Episode hosts: Robert Krug, MD, former chair of the AMRPA Board and Vice President of Medical Affairs for the Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital Advisory Group, and Patricia Sullivan, AMRPA Director of Communications. /episode/index/show/medicalrehabmatters/id/24450504

The Value of AMRPA Membership 09/09/2022

The Value of AMRPA Membership In this episode, we’re talking the value of AMRPA. In the first segment we talk with Doug Baer, President and CEO of Brooks Rehab, and Amanda Osborne, Vice President of Operations and Administrator for the Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital – University Campus. In the second segment we talk with John Ferraro, AMRPA Executive Director. Our cohosts are Robert Krug, MD, former chair of the AMRPA Board, Kate Beller, AMRPA’s Executive Vice President for Government Relations and Policy Development and Patricia Sullivan, AMRPA Director of Communications. /episode/index/show/medicalrehabmatters/id/24326292

Pediatric Rehab 08/25/2022

Pediatric Rehab In this episode of Medical Rehab Matters, we talk about pediatric rehab. Our guests today are Doug Henry, MD, the director of the Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital pediatric program; and Andrea Dennis, DPT, manager for the Mary Free Bed Kids Outpatient Therapy Program. She graduated from Grand Valley State University with a Doctorate of Physical Therapy. She joined the Mary Free Bed team in 2009, completing a post graduate residency in pediatric therapy. Andrea is certified in Neuro-Developmental Treatment for the management of children with Cerebral Palsy and other Neuromotor Disorders and she’s certified through the Barcelona Scoliosis Physical Therapy School. This episode is co-hosted by AMRPA Director of Communications Patricia Sullivan, and Robert Krug, MD, former chair of the AMRPA board of directors and Vice President of Medical Affairs for the Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital Advisory Group.   /episode/index/show/medicalrehabmatters/id/24155256

Inpatient Medical Rehab and Policy 07/14/2022

Inpatient Medical Rehab and Policy In this episode, we’re talking about the policy work AMRPA does every day. We talk with three guests about the policy work they do for AMRPA in particular, and the inpatient medical rehabilitation field and patients, in general. Our guests are Kate Beller, AMRPA Executive Vice President for Government Relations and Policy Development; Jonathan Gold, Director of Government Relations and Regulatory Counsel at AMRPA; and Remy Kerr, Director of Health Policy and Quality. This episode is hosted by Patricia Sullivan, AMRPA Director of Communications. /episode/index/show/medicalrehabmatters/id/23743043

PM&R Training 06/30/2022

PM&R Training In this episode we talk with Miguel Escalón, MD, about physical medicine and rehab physicians, how they’re trained and their work in an inpatient medical rehabilitation hospital or unit. Dr. Escalón is a physiatrist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, as well as chair of the Resident Fellow Program Directors Council of the American Academy of Physiatry. He is also the residency program director for the PM&R resident program at Mount Sinai, and fellowship director of the Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship. He is board certified in PM&R, Brain Injury Medicine and Spinal cord injury medicine. This episode is hosted by Patricia Sullivan, AMRPA director of communications. /episode/index/show/medicalrehabmatters/id/23581292

Medical Rehab Matters S2 - Gabby Gifford 06/16/2022

Medical Rehab Matters S2 - Gabby Gifford In this episode, we talk with former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and her speech pathologist, Fabi Hirsch, PhD. On January 8, 2011, the Arizona congresswoman was shot in the head at pointblank range when an assailant opened fire during a constituent event outside a grocery store in Tucson. Eleven years after the shooting, she still lives with aphasia, a communication disorder frequently associated with traumatic brain injuries and strokes. She and Dr. Hirsch, talk about aphasia, Gabby’s on-going recovery and more in this episode. Our cohosts are Kate Beller, AMRPA Executive Vice President for Government Relations and Policy Development, and Dr. Robert Krug, immediate past chair of the AMRPA Board of Directors and Vice President of Medical Affairs for the Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital Advisory Group. /episode/index/show/medicalrehabmatters/id/23458013

Another Look at Prior Authorization Part 2 06/02/2022

Another Look at Prior Authorization Part 2 In this episode we continue our discussion of Medicare Advantage plans and prior authorization with a focus on the impact of prior auth on the health system at large. Our guests are Vishwa Raj, MD, Medical Director at Carolinas Rehabilitation; and David Storto, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy & Growth Officer for Well Force and a former member of the AMRPA board of directors. Our cohosts are Kate Beller, AMRPA Executive Vice President for Government Relations and Policy Development, and Dr. Robert Krug, immediate past chair of the AMRPA Board of Directors and Vice President of Medical Affairs for the Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital Advisory Group. /episode/index/show/medicalrehabmatters/id/23297981

Another Look at Prior Authorization 05/19/2022

Another Look at Prior Authorization In this episode we look at Medicare Advantage plans and prior authorization and a recent report by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General. Our guests are Robyn Pauker, an attorney, and her husband, David Honig, a healthcare attorney, who talk about Robyn’s father’s experience with prior authorization, and Dr. Brian Moore, Chief Medical Officer for Physician Advisor Services at Atrium Health. Our cohosts are Kate Beller, AMRPA Executive Vice President for Government Relations and Policy Development, and Dr. Robert Krug, immediate past chair of the AMRPA Board of Directors and Vice President of Medical Affairs for the Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital Advisory Group.    /episode/index/show/medicalrehabmatters/id/23139281

Role of Inpatient Medical Rehab Hospitals & Units During COVID Part 2 05/05/2022

Role of Inpatient Medical Rehab Hospitals & Units During COVID Part 2 This is the second of two episodes on a report on The Role of IRH/Us During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. As we discussed in our last episode, in 2021 AMRPA retained ATI Advisory (to conduct quantitative and qualitative research on the role of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals (IRHs) during the pandemic. A presentation and panel discussion were held during the 2022 AMPRA Spring Conference and we are presenting it in two consecutive episodes of this podcast. In this episode, we present the panel discussion that featured some of the leaders of AMRPA answering questions about IRFs and COVID and related issues. /episode/index/show/medicalrehabmatters/id/22979639

Role of Inpatient Medical Rehab Hospitals & Units During COVID 04/21/2022

Role of Inpatient Medical Rehab Hospitals & Units During COVID This episode is the first of two on a report on The Role of IRH/Us During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. We think you’ll find it informative. In 2021 AMRPA retained ATI Advisory (ATI) to conduct quantitative and qualitative research on the role of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals during the pandemic. A presentation and panel discussion were held during the 2022 AMPRA Spring Conference and we are presenting it in two consecutive episodes of this podcast. In this episode, you’ll hear important insights from the report. Guests are Tyler Cromer, who leads ATI Advisory’s Medicare Innovation Practice, and Connor Esworthy, who advises ATI clients on matters concerning financial and operating strategy. /episode/index/show/medicalrehabmatters/id/22824989

Medical Rehab Matters S2 Ep 1 04/07/2022

Medical Rehab Matters S2 Ep 1 Season 2 begins with a look back on three episodes in last season covering prior authorization, traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury. You’ll hear from guests Kerry Maher, MD, Senior Vice President of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) Consulting and Education at Brooks Rehab, and Michael Long, Rehabilitation Division President at Vibra Healthcare. Kate Beller, JD, AMRPA EVP for Government Relations and Policy Development, on prior authorization; Christopher Comey, MD, of Advanced Neurosurgery Associates, LLC, in Lawrenceville, Georgia, and James Wilson, DO, and Michael Kelly, MD, of MetroHealth in Cleveland, talk about traumatic brain injury; and Richard Kunz, MD, a physiatrist and associate professor at VCU and Chief Medical Officer, Sheltering Arms Institute, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Daniel W. Klyce, PhD, LCP, ABPP, a licensed clinical psychologist and board certified rehabilitation psychologist talk about spinal cord injury. /episode/index/show/medicalrehabmatters/id/22705457

Bonus Mini Episode: Spinal Cord Injury 12/01/2021

Bonus Mini Episode: Spinal Cord Injury In this bonus mini-episode, we’re talking about spinal cord injury. Our guest is Margi Williams, PhD, RN, MSN, CRRN, FNP-BC, FABDA, FARN, a rehab nurse with many years of experience working with spinal cord injury patients. She's also been actively involved with the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN) for more than 25 years. She has given numerous conference presentations, authored rehabilitation nursing guidelines, author-presenter of a CARF Webinar and two ARN Webinars, and author-presenter of several presentations for ARNs PRN (Professional Rehabilitation Nursing) course, in addition to other ARN volunteer activities. /episode/index/show/medicalrehabmatters/id/21340505

Traumatic Brain Injury 11/11/2021

Traumatic Brain Injury Our guests are Richard Kunz, MD, a physiatrist and associate professor at VCU and Chief Medical Officer, Sheltering Arms Institute, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Daniel W. Klyce, PhD, LCP, ABPP, licensed clinical psychologist and board certified rehabilitation psychologist. He serves as the rehabilitation psychology advisor at the Sheltering Arms Institute. /episode/index/show/medicalrehabmatters/id/21103415

Spinal Cord Injury 11/04/2021

Spinal Cord Injury Nearly 18,000 new spinal cord injuries occur in the US each year and nearly 300,000 people live with spinal cord injury. Whether from a traumatic event, such as a car crash, or a fall within the home, spinal cord injuries can have life altering effects. We talk with Christopher Comey, MD, a neurosurgeon with Advanced Neurosurgery Associates, LLC, affiliated with Northside Hospital in Lawrenceville, Georgia, and James Wilson, DO, Director, Spinal Cord Injury Medicine, and neurosurgeon Michael Kelly, MD, of MetroHealth in Cleveland, Ohio. /episode/index/show/medicalrehabmatters/id/21024878

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