Join SFSSPT Principal Jerry Durham on Karen Litzy's Healthy Wealthy & Smart Talk Radio Monday April 8th @ 1PM
Apr/04/2013 02:35 PM
Join san francisco sport and spine physical therapy Principal, Jerry Durham on Karen Litzy’s Healthy Wealthy & Smart national talk radio show on Monday, April 8th, 2013 at 1:00PM.
For more information, please visit: http://www.talkingalternative.com/monday-shows/healthy-wealthy-smart
For more information, please visit: http://www.talkingalternative.com/monday-shows/healthy-wealthy-smart
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SFSSPT CEO, Sturdy McKee to Present at CPTA 2013 Student Conclave
Apr/04/2013 02:22 PM
san francisco sport and spine physical therapy CEO, Sturdy McKee will be presenting at this year’s CPTA 2013 Student Conclave at Samuel Merritt University in Oakland, CA on Saturday, April 6, 2013.
For more information, please visit:
https://m360.ccapta.org/event/session.aspx?id=71464
For more information, please visit:
https://m360.ccapta.org/event/session.aspx?id=71464
Does Medicare cover maintenance therapy when my condition is not going to improve?
Apr/02/2013 10:21 AM
There remains some confusion around Medicare's coverage of maintenance physical therapy. The general idea is that if a skilled service is required to prevent decline in a person’s condition, then the service is now covered under Medicare.
The following is from the Center for Medicare Advocacy website:
SERVICES FOR BENEFICIARIES WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS
A chronic condition requiring skilled care services can take many forms and is not limited to a particular set of disease, diagnosis, or disabling conditions.
COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS
The Medicare program recognizes the need for skilled care and related services for chronic, long-term conditions. For care to be covered, the patient must require skilled services which may be designed to:
Services can be provided in a variety of settings – at home, through Medicare certified home health agencies, in Medicare certified outpatient facilities, rehabilitation hospitals and centers, and in Medicare certified skilled nursing facilities.
WHO PROVIDES SKILLED SERVICES?
Skilled services are those services provided by (or under the supervision of) technical or professional personnel such as registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech pathologists, and audiologists. Services must be a type that are not ordinarily performed by non-skilled personnel.
More information may be found at
http://www.medicareadvocacy.org/medicare-info/chronic-conditions/#Coverage%20Requirements
The following is from the Center for Medicare Advocacy website:
SERVICES FOR BENEFICIARIES WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS
A chronic condition requiring skilled care services can take many forms and is not limited to a particular set of disease, diagnosis, or disabling conditions.
COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS
The Medicare program recognizes the need for skilled care and related services for chronic, long-term conditions. For care to be covered, the patient must require skilled services which may be designed to:
- •Maintain the status of a medical condition or the functioning of a body part; or
- •Slow or prevent the deterioration of a medical condition or body part.
Services can be provided in a variety of settings – at home, through Medicare certified home health agencies, in Medicare certified outpatient facilities, rehabilitation hospitals and centers, and in Medicare certified skilled nursing facilities.
WHO PROVIDES SKILLED SERVICES?
Skilled services are those services provided by (or under the supervision of) technical or professional personnel such as registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech pathologists, and audiologists. Services must be a type that are not ordinarily performed by non-skilled personnel.
More information may be found at
http://www.medicareadvocacy.org/medicare-info/chronic-conditions/#Coverage%20Requirements
Join Us for Our March Lecture Series with Dr. Alicia Knee
Mar/01/2013 09:16 AM Filed in: News | Lecture Series
When: Wednesday, March 20th at 7pm
Where: 77 Battery Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, 94104
Speaker: Alicia Knee, DPM
Topic: How to Manage Compensations in Foot Deformity & Injuries
Where: 77 Battery Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, 94104
Speaker: Alicia Knee, DPM
Topic: How to Manage Compensations in Foot Deformity & Injuries
Lindsay Haas, DPT at our Castro Clinic featured on Knit and Tonic Blog
Feb/05/2013 10:45 AM Filed in: News
Lindsay Haas, DPT at our Castro Clinic is also an amateur knitter, passionate about sharing her expertise in human mobility and movement with other knitters. Interviewed here by Knit and Tonic blogger, Wendy Bernard:
http://www.knitandtonic.net/knitandtonic/2013/02/and-to-think-i-thought-knitting-yoga-was-a-joke-.html
http://www.knitandtonic.net/knitandtonic/2013/02/and-to-think-i-thought-knitting-yoga-was-a-joke-.html