Welcome to Rehab Perspectives!Aegis Therapies is proud to be the exclusive sponsor of this special insert in Nursing Homes/Long Term Care Management. Rehab Perspectives will be published several times a year, and we hope it will become an important resource as you seek to maximize the success of your facility's rehabilitation program Noun 1. rehabilitation program - a program for restoring someone to good health program, programme - a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need; "he proposed an elaborate program of public works"; "working mothers rely on the day care . [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The single most significant event in the last five years that has influenced how rehab is delivered and reimbursed is the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS (Packets Per Second) The measurement of activity in a local area network (LAN). In LANs such as Ethernet, Token Ring and FDDI, as well as the Internet, data is broken up and transmitted in packets (frames), each with a source and destination address. ). Therapy delivery under PPS is a challenge and requires great expertise. Since PPS was introduced, the industry has adapted to its rules and learned valuable lessons. It hasn't been easy, and missteps along the way have been costly. Despite some dire predictions to the contrary, the industry has survived. Residents are receiving excellent treatment and facilities have sorted out the documentation procedures required for proper reimbursement Reimbursement Payment made to someone for out-of-pocket expenses has incurred. . We thought it might be useful to look at some of the changes that have taken place and what the industry has learned five years after PPS. The three articles in this issue explore various aspects of providing treatment, from the question of contracting or providing in-house services, to the role of restorative re·stor·a·tive adj. 1. Of or relating to restoration. 2. Tending or having the power to restore. n. A medicine or other agent that helps to restore health, strength, or consciousness. nursing, to the fine points of the MDS MDS, n See temporomandibular pain-dysfunction syndrome. MDS 1 Maternal deprivation syndrome, see there 2 Myelodysplastic syndrome, see there . All are designed to give you useful information so you can be more effective in providing rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. . Aegis Therapies has ten years of experience delivering contract therapy to nursing homes and eldercare eld·er·care n. Social and medical programs and facilities intended for the care and maintenance of the aged. venues, and currently provides clinical expertise to more than 1,000 facilities nationwide. We are committed to a leadership role in the rehab industry and to high standards in resident treatment. We hope you find Rehab Perspectives a useful tool, and we look forward to helping you build a solid foundation of knowledge and understanding in the field of rehabilitation. Aegis is your rehab resource. Best regards, Cindy Susienka President, Aegis Therapies |
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