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Physician Self-Referral in MRI highlighted in USA Today

This article says it all.  Yes, the harshest critic is Jean Mitchell who has shown the same thing in physical therapy as MedPAC has appropriately...

Contrarian Truth and Best Question to Ask

As we continue with some reposting of this blog’s early days, I thought I would bring this one up from Sept 20, 2005.  With the...

Patient Satisfaction – Useless Part II

Part II from Oct 2005. Just as relevant today. My last post attempted to discredit the patient satisfaction survey process that many physical therapy clinics have in...

Patient Satisfaction – Useless part I

Continuing on our July theme of EIM classic posts, this 2 part series came from Oct 2005.  I think it is even more relevant in...

The 60 Minutes Rule – Private Practice PT Special Edition

How would you like a rep from the CBS show to come to your private practice office with the following questions: 1. Tell me about...

Musings about Clinical Prediction Rules

Taking a mild break from blogging as I try to sift through and deal with CMS’ latest proposals to try and reduce physical therapy payments...

Victory for PTAs thru RC-1 Not Passing

While this blog has not been hesitant in its opinion on RC-1 and the necessity for it to fail, we have been likewise suggestive that...

Repackaged Drugs – POPTS twin of a different mother

A few years back, some budding entrepreneurs in California figured out how to make a bundle for themselves as well as referring docs by repackaging...

RC 15-10 and “Incident to” Billing

It is interesting to read various opinions on the opposition to RC-15–10.  We covered this fairly extensively in the Stymied by Our Own Policies post. ...

Interpreting PTA’s Membership Drop in APTA

We recently ran a post “Stymied by our own Policies” which details RC 15-10 which will come to a vote in the APTA’s HOD in...