FOTO Rehab Outcomes Blog

Using Patient-Reported Outcomes Assessments to Save Time, Improve the Patient Experience and Boost Reimbursement

5 Trends in Outcomes Management

Highlight Speaker: Scott Cavitt, Owner, Rehab Billing Specialist

Highlight Speaker: Daniel Lord, Physical Medicine Program Manager at Crossover Health

Don't Lose 30 Potential Patients

How Do You Interact with Your Top Referrals?

Michelle Collie, Marketing and PR Committee Chair for APTA's Private Practice Section, to Keynote at Clinical Outcomes Summit 2019

Rehabilitation Services: What Matters the Most?

Risk of Persistent Shoulder Pain

Will Robots Replace Clinicians?

DIY Outcomes or DIFY Outcomes

Clinical Outcomes Summit 2019

Call for Speakers: Clinical Outcomes Summit 2019

Telehealth Service for Patients with Chronic Spinal Pain

Management of Common Knee Injuries in the Emergency Department

High Risk Groups for Complication after Joint Replacement

Models Used for Risk Adjustment

5 Ways to Maximize Your Conference App #APTACSM

Saturday #APTACSM 2019 Top Picks

Friday #APTACSM 2019 Top Picks

Thursday #APTACSM 2019 Top Picks

More Options with FOTO's CMS-designated Qualified Clinical Data Registry

Do We Really Understand Patient Activation and Engagement?

Cognitive Functional Therapy and Nonspecific Low Back Pain

Education: Placebo vs Intensive Pain Education Appear Equal

Artificial Intelligence-Embedded Mobile App for Chronic Neck and Back Pain

Can Physical Therapists Play a Role in Decreasing Opioid Use?

Wearable Technology Harnessed to Improve Health

Can a Smart Watch Help with Faster Recovery after a Joint Replacement

Are You Contemplating Remote Monitoring?

The Timing of When Someone Sees a Physical Therapist: Does it Matter?

Top "Need to Know" About Reporting for MIPS 2019

What Factors Are Associated With Disability After Upper Extremity Injuries?

Consensus Statement on Patellofemoral Pain Treatment

Are FOTO Measures Freely Accessible for MIPS reporting? The Answer May Surprise You!

MIPS 2019: the Final Rule - MIPS And PTs

Effect of Exercise and Nutrition Prehabilitation in Esophagogastric Cancer Surgery

Friday Top 5 During #PPS2018

Thursday Top 5 During #PPS2018

Physical Therapy in Emergency Department and ER Revisits for Older Adult Fallers

Should We Rethink How We Help Reduce Falls?

Physical Prognostic Factors Predicting Outcome Following Lumbar Discectomy Surgery: Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis

Exercise Interventions and Outcomes after a Total Knee Arthroplasty

Value-Based Health Care Meets Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

A Functional Limitation to the Lower Limbs Affects the Neural Bases of Motor Imagery of Gait

Predictors of Pain and Functional Outcomes After the Nonoperative Treatment of Rotator Cuff Tears

Motor-Cognitive Dual-Task Training in Patients with Dementia

Measures of Physical Performance and Muscle Strength as Predictors of Fracture Risk

Musculoskeletal Conditions in Individuals with Diabetes

Don't Go Changing by Just a Statistical Difference #OC2018

New Approaches for Clinical Interpretation of Patient Reported Outcome Measures #OC2018

Digging Deeper into Patient Goals

Net Promoter Score and Loyalty

Reducing Face-to-Face Visits with Online Exercise App

Collaborative Opportunity for Clinicians and Academia

Legacy Tools - Are They Good Enough? #OC2018

70% of the Time You Will Be Misjudged on Quality Performance

Smart Phone Virtual Reality and Postural Stability Challenge

Guidelines... Do They Impact Physiotherapy Practice?

Proposed Changes to MIPS 2019 Include PTs and OTs

How Do You Know Physiotherapy is Worthwhile?

Can Value Based Care be Bridged into the Worker Compensation World? #OC2018

Treatment Preference of People with Chronic Low Back Pain

Outcomes Beyond Your Four Walls #OC2018

Physical Therapy in the Emergency Department

Operationalizing Outcomes in a Large Multi-State Practice #OC2018

Wearable Sensors and the Assessment of Frailty

Using FOTO for Mentorship #OC2018

Relaxation Response Resiliency Program (3RP) in Patients with Headache and Musculoskeletal Pain

Data Analytics meets FOTO: A Great Relationship #OC2018

Shared Decision Making

D.L. Hart International Research Award Recipient - Risk Stratification #OC2018

Assessing Value Based Care Programs

All About Crosswalks #OC2018

Qualitative Insights: Opioids vs Non-Opioid Options for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

Serial Assessment Research Study Analyses #OC2018

Platelet-rich Plasma and Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Design for Performance: FOTO Outcomes in an Aligned Care Model #OC2018

Knee Osteoarthritis: Replacement Surgery or Conservative Care?

Foundation Sessions: FOTO Outcomes Conference #OC2018

Cost of Measure Outweighs Benefit

No Opioids After Total Knee Replacement is Possible

FOTO Outcomes Conference #OC2018 Keynote Speaker: Gerben DeJong, PhD, FACRM

Person-centered Approaches: What Matters to Patients

Knee Pain: A Knee or Hip Problem?

Is Pain Science Education Helpful for Older Adults with Persistent Back Pain?

When is Surgery Indicated for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis?

FOTO Outcomes Conference #OC2018

Knee Osteoarthritis and Topical Gel

March MedPAC Report Indicates Immediate Elimination of MIPS

2018 Information Technology Focus: the Digital World

Clinical Classification in Low Back Pain

True Story: What Happens with Poor Risk Adjustment?

What Does Risk Adjustment Really Mean?

Building Relationships: #PTPubNight and #APTACSM

The Baker's Dozen #APTACSM Picks

What is Meant by Functional Outcomes?

Tribute to David Hafner: Dear Zane and Dawson

The 2018 Medicare Therapy Cap Trickle Effect

Guess the Number 1 Factor in Choosing a Physical Therapist

No Treatment Better than Shoulder Decompression Arthroscopy

Don't Trust a Payer's Risk Adjustment Process

Does Obesity Affect Recovery from Total Knee Replacement?

How Do You Measure Frailty in Outpatient Setting?

What's a Key Component in Alternative Payment Models?

Which Type of Outcome Measure Do You Need?

Which Approach is Better for Frozen Shoulder?

Smart Risk Adjustment Required in Pay for Performance Models

5 Ways to Maximize #PPS2017 Conference App

Jerry Connolly Receives Board Service Award #PPS2017

Does Patient Experience Affect Clinical Outcome?

Myofascial Release Insufficient Intervention for Persistent Pain

A Goal and a Mentor

Changing One Thing Changes The Outcome

Projected Highlights for #PPS2017

Are You Prepared for the Accounting Side of Value Based Purchasing?

The Potential of Patient Reported Outcomes

3 Key Factors to Overcome for Successful Direct Access

Physitrack or FOTO for Your Rehabilitation Outcomes

High Load or Low Load for Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy?

What Meets Needs of those with Lumbar Stenosis?

Musculoskeletal Service Delivery in Primary Care

Will Preoperative Anxiety Affect Outcomes after Total Knee Arthroplasty?

What if Patient Proxy Answers Patient Reported Outcome Measure?

What Makes a Good Clinical Prediction?

Total Knee Arthroplasty and Blood Flow Restriction Training

Patients' Perceptions and Expectations

Can You Defend Your Value?

Injury Rates in Cliff and Splash Diving

Including Web Support Intervention to Promote Recovery Post ACL Reconstruction

Guidelines for Gait Assessment

Is there a Return on Investment for Measuring Quality?

Medicare and Maintenance Therapy

What's Real?

When is Central Sensitization a Factor in Knee Osteoarthritis?

Payment for Value is Here to Stay

Revamping Value Based Payment

Association of Practice-Level Social and Medical Risk With Performance

Low Dose Radiation Therapy for Musculoskeletal Problems

Think Regional Interdependence after a Person has a Neck Dissection

Safety of Exercise for Patients who Have Advanced Cancer

Does Treadmill Training Improve Gait in Individuals Post-Stroke?

When is Chest Pain a Fractured Rib?

Retear of Rotator Cuff Repairs

Researchers in Need of 14-17 Year Olds: Please Help

Stem Cells in the Management of Rheumatic Diseases

Take Your Data and Run for the Green

Patient Reported Outcome Measures are a Stethoscope for Patient History

What are Considered Social Determinants of Health?

Can Aquatic Exercises Effectively Strengthen Lower Extremities?

You Can't Have Good Outcomes if Clinicians are Injured: Safe Patient Handling Strategy

Does Shared Decision Making Matter?

The Downside of Generic Quality of Life Assessments

Should Exercise Be Painful When Managing a Patient with Persistent Pain?

Quick-DASH Requires Caution with Use

Post Op Total Knee Arthroplasty Home Exercise Program

Persistent Low Back Pain: Case Study 6 visits over 3 months

Yoga, Physical Therapy, or Education to Treat Individuals with Persistent Low Back Pain

Knee Dislocations and Outcomes

Motivational Interviewing and Return to Work

5 Questions Can Determine Degenerative Disc Disease

MedPAC Report

Transitioning to a Total Joint Arthroplasty Bundled Payment Program

12 Steps for Progression and Return to Play after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Patient Reported Outcomes in Electronic Health Record Can Inform Clinical and Policy Decisions

Effects of Myofascial Release for Patients with Nonspecific Chronic Low Back Pain

Physiotherapists Managing Patients with Musculoskeletal Complaints in Emergency Department

Claims Data Outcomes: 90 Days After Lower Extremity Joint Arthroplasty

Necessity of Immobilizing the Metacarpophalangeal Joint in Carpometacarpal Osteoarthritis

Physiotherapists Managing Patients with Acute Low Back Pain in the Emergency Department

App vs Goniometer

Characteristics of Therapeutic Alliance

A Case for Clinician Confirmation Bias

“Mirror, Mirror on the Wall...” Reflecting on Outcomes

Can Clinical Effectiveness be Measured without a Randomized Controlled Trial?

Placebo Effect: A Patient's Healing Power

Physiotherapists Managing Non-urgent Musculoskeletal Conditions

Green Collar Workers and Acute Joint Pain

Recommended Exercise for Older Adults who are Obese

Effect of Physical Activity on Individuals who have Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Hip Fracture Management

Delaying ACL Reconstruction

Impact of Co-morbidities in Treating Individuals Who Have Low Back Pain

3 Ways Hospital Value Based Programs Can be Improved

Including Patients in Designing Educational Material

Consensus on the Clinical Diagnosis of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Maximum Walking Tolerance after Hip Fracture

Mirror Therapy for Individuals who have Shoulder Pain

Risk Stratification of Patients with Shoulder Pain

Physiotherapy for Neck and Back Pain Delivered in Emergency Department

Clinical vs Statistical Significance

Increase Self-efficacy and Increase Rehabilitation Participation

New Approach: Real World Clinical Research

Remote Monitoring System after Total Knee Arthroplasty

Step Length & Step Frequency: Effect on Lower Limb Function

Effectiveness of Telehealth-based Interventions for Individuals with Low Back Pain

Three Ways Rehabilitation Professionals Can Prepare for Merit-Based Incentive Payment System

Is There a Relationship between Generalized Osteoarthritis and Physical Activity?

5 Ways to Maximize Conference Apps

Hospital Engagement in Value Based Reforms and Readmission Reduction