Managed Care

Often, patients are prescribed pain relief medicine or seek out over-the-counter pain relief options because they think that it’s their only and best option. This mind set can be dangerous, as we have seen with the ongoing opioid crisis. The CDC cites that 70,000 people died from a drug overdose in the United States. This is the main cause of injury-related deaths reported and almost 70 percent of those being related to opioids. This makes the role of physical therapy more important now than...

  The early bird gets the worm or we should say, the early mover gets there faster! Starting physical therapy early can provide several benefits to patients and their treatment programs. If your patients aren’t convinced, consider sharing these benefits of early intervention with them. Less Cost in the Long Run Many patients try to avoid going to therapy right after surgery because they think it will save them money by having less treatment. Some may also think that they don’t...

Collaboration...it’s one of the many advantages of NARA membership…see for yourself by reviewing Athena Therapy’s Clinical Pathway Program for clients with Managed Care…   In early 2015, Athena Therapy completed a review of therapy costs related to providing therapy to individuals with managed care as their primary payer in skilled nursing facilities. The review found that costs per day were far greater than costs per day for patients with Medicare as their primary...