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Which entity may be known as a third-party payer?

Compliance within an organization is:

All of the following are true regarding Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) except:

A facility that desires to provide the best possible care to its patients must:

Your supervising PT has asked you to work with a patient s/p R CVA with the following problems: flaccid L UE, weakness in the L LE, dependence with ambulation, requires assistance for all transfers, unable to perform self-care or home management skills. The patient is currently on an acute inpatient rehabilitation unit and has traditional Medicare insurance. Which of the following is true?

The following is an example of the FISH Principles:

Patients who have therapists who look and speak like them tend to respond better.  

Provided in the examples below are phrasing/words that are commonly seen as buzz words to not use in documentation.  Change the underlined phrase/word to a more acceptable and skilled form.            A: Pt has some biceps weakness.

Organize the following information so that it is clear, concise, and suitable for entry into the medical record.  Be sure to include which part of the SOAP note it belongs.  The patient walked with the physical therapist assistant at his side (but not touching him) for 100 feet, twice; vital signs before exercise were blood pressure 125/85 in L UE, 15 for respirations, and 77 for heart rate; vital signs after were 135/85 for blood pressure taken in the L UE, 17 for respirations, and 87 for heart rate; the patient performed ankle pumping, elbow flexion, shoulder flexion and knee extension bilaterally for 10 repetitions each while sitting in a bedside chair.

The ICF disablement model: