Category: Practice Management

Practice Management

Rizing Tide Foundation 2025 Surge Scholarship Recipients Announced

Rizing Tide Foundation announced its 2025 Surge and Surge Rizing Star scholarship recipients, awarding financial support to five early-career doctors of physical therapy.

Practice Management

Aletha Health Launches Practitioner Course on Muscle Tension Relief

Aletha Health has launched a new course to train professionals in its evidence-based techniques for iliacus muscle tension relief.

Practice Management

Balancing Care and Profitability: Strategies for Thriving Physical Therapy Clinics

This article explores effective scheduling, evidence-based care, cash-based services, and streamlined operations as pathways to achieving both clinical excellence and financial success.

Compliance

What Employers Need to Know About Returning to the Workplace, Per OSHA

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published additional frequently asked questions regarding returning to the workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more at jdsupra.com.

Medicare & Insurance

Hurricane Milton: CMS Adds Resources for Those Impacted

CMS announced additional resources and flexibilities available in response to Hurricane Milton in Florida, including replacement orthotics.

Software

Medbridge Acquires, Rebrands Rehab Boost

The acquisition will relaunch Rehab Boost as Medbridge Motion Capture, a key component of Medbridge AI, providing Medbridge with in-house motion capture and AI capabilities.

Staffing

ECRI Reveals List of Top Patient Safety Concerns for 2024

Challenges transitioning new clinicians from academic training to professional practice tops ECRI’s 2024 list of top 10 patient safety concerns for 2024.

Regulation

Report on Bipartisan Therapy Bill ‘SMART Act’ Paves the Way for Congressional Action

SMART Act study suggests Medicare could save between $168 million and $242 million over 10 years by reducing admin burdens on PTs and OTs.

Workplace Injury Management

Versatile Knee Exoskeleton for Safer Lifting at Work

A knee exoskeleton developed by the University of Michigan enhances safe lifting by supporting quadriceps muscles, helping workers maintain proper posture and avoid fatigue-related injuries during lifting tasks.