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Are you underestimating the importance of patient education in your Physical Therapy practice? Often overlooked, it's a key area to improve patient engagement and outcomes. If you're feeling uncertain about your approach, know that you’re not alone. Many professionals feel the same way about this pivotal part of healthcare. It raises an important question. How can we ensure quality patient education that enhances recovery and satisfaction? Reflect on your practice’s standpoint on this pressing issue. If you feel that there are areas to improve or have lingering questions, don't hesitate to reach out. As a seasoned Physical Therapy professional, I am here to provide insights and potential solutions. Together, we can redefine patient care in the Physical Therapy field. #PhysicalTherapy #PatientEducation #HealthcareSolutions #PhysicalTherapyProfessional

It's Medical Laboratory Professionals Week! A time to recognize and appreciate the incredible work of our Crossroads laboratory professionals. You are heroes who play a vital role at Crossroads, ensuring accurate diagnoses, patient care and public health. Our lab professionals are the backbone of informed patient care, providing essential data for diagnoses and treatment plans. Happy Medical Laboratory Professionals Week! #labweek #addictionprofessionals #INSPIREculture #addiction #addictiontreatment

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Are you a member of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)? If not, now is the perfect time to join and make your voice heard! The APTA is instrumental in advocating for our profession and working to improve reimbursement rates, strengthen our profession, and enhance patient care. If you're not yet a member, I've copied and pasted a letter below that you can send to all your representatives. Let's come together to drive positive change and elevate the field of physical therapy! Join the APTA today and be a part of the change! Together, we can make a difference. 💪🏼 #PhysicalTherapy #APTA #Advocacy #ProfessionalDevelopment As your constituent, I urge you to please co-sponsor the Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act (H.R. 2474). This bipartisan legislation would add a permanent, Medicare Economic Index-based inflationary update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. Providers who bill under the fee schedule do not automatically receive an annual inflationary update. Without an inflation-based update, the gap between frozen fee schedule payment rates and rising practice costs due to inflation continues to widen considerably. The increasing discrepancy between what it costs to run a practice and actual payment, combined with the administrative and financial burden of participating in Medicare, is contributing to provider burnout, decreasing patient access to care, and is unsustainable. H.R. 2474 would change this flawed system to allow providers who bill under the fee schedule to receive inflationary updates, based on the Medicare Economic Index, similar to those provided to other payment systems under Medicare. While there are many other concerns and reforms to the Medicare fee schedule that still need to be addressed, this legislation is a great first step by providing stability to the Medicare fee schedule that will help ensure patient access to care. Thank you for your consideration.

I am excited to announce the recent publication of our research study on "advanced rooming" in the Journal of Ambulatory Care Management: https://lnkd.in/dYQF2Uzk Jodi Simon, DrPH, MS, Maggie Hamielec, MPH, Aesha P., Eve Walter, PhD "Advanced rooming is a workflow that enables non-clinician staff to take on additional responsibilities to improve quality and productivity...in advanced rooming more questions were asked by patients and staff and more problems were identified and addressed. Advanced rooming medical assistants spent more time with patients and huddled longer with clinicians...Advanced rooming may be a way to enhance care, ease clinician burden, and increase efficiency." The American Medical Association introduced the term "advanced rooming". https://lnkd.in/d8KMF9Np

Learn more about the Central Coast Physician Assistant (CCPA) program at A.T. Still University-College for Healthy Communities (ATSU-CHC) from second-year student Maya Newton here: https://lnkd.in/gSqwnr7E Read more about the CCPA program at atsu.edu/ccpa

Nothing in medicine is a walk in the park. It’s rewarding, fulfilling and can pay the bills, but you cannot succeed in the way you want to without guidance and mentors. One of my absolutely trusted colleagues and former ED director told me that the only way to be successful in emergency medicine is to do it part time. We love EM. More importantly, the world needs front line providers! Imagine having the bandwidth to go to work energized and refreshed. Imagine if we could rebuild Emergency Medicine, one provider at a time. #professionalwellness #savingmedicine #freedomtopractice

📣‼️ An exceptionally well-written, groundbreaking article for PAs, while also highlighting our NP colleagues. Please take a moment to read this compelling piece that highlights well-stated facts about non-physician providers and the significant value they bring to our patients and communities, while debunking misperceptions, misinformation, and misconceptions.

Check out these fall physical therapy continuing education courses. More details in the links below ⬇️ How Digital PT Triage Could Revolutionize Healthcare 📚 Register: duke.is/pttriage How to Build a Thriving Emergency Department PT Practice 📚 Register: duke.is/edpt #physicaltherapy #continuingeducation

PA Playbook, Episode 7, is going international! Join WAPA President, Joshua Lumsden, PA-C, and WAPA Past President, Eileen Ravella, PA-C for a new episode! You may be aware of what physician assistants do in the United States, but what about in other countries? The Irish PA profession graduated their first class of students less than seven years ago, and we discuss the challenges they experience as they build their profession from the ground up. Theirs guests for this episode are Lisa Mustone Alexander, PA-C, Director of the Physician Associate Program at the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, Ireland, and Kieran Morrissey, a current student in her program, as they discuss the Irish approach to meeting critical healthcare shortages. @ Links in the comments. #physicianassociate #irishhealthcare #physicianassistant