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

Designing Incentive Programs

Text Message Reminders for Older Adults with Low Back Pain

Can Older Adults Tolerate Heavy Strength Training?

Will Psychosocial Coaching Reduce Musculoskeletal Pain in Work Place

Effect of Self-Efficacy on Return to Work

Incentive Payments

Prescription of Physical Activity

Cost Effectiveness of Surgery versus Conservative Care for Radiculopathies

Kinesiotape vs Exercise for Forward Head Posture

Psychosocial Factors Related to Return to Function

Wearable Technology for Upper Extremities

Manual Approach for Temporomandibular Joint Disorder

Neuromuscular Risk Factors of Non-Contact ACL Injury

Pain Management Information and Joint Arthroplasty

Arthrofibrosis and Total Knee Arthroplasty

Length of Disability, Treatment Outcomes and Return to Work

Return to Work: An Update on Evidence for Clinicians

Subjective and Objective Measurements After Total Knee Arthroplasty

When is Surgery Indicated for Spinal Stenosis?

Discharge Setting after Total Knee Arthroplasty and Complications

Hand Function after a Stroke: Mirror Therapy or Neuromuscular Stimulation

Utilization of Physical Therapists for Plantar Fasciitis

Patient Defined Outcome

Barriers to Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy

Achilles Tendinopathy: Eccentric Exercise vs Eccentric Exercise and Soft Tissue Treatment

Self-Management for Persistent Neck Pain: 9-year Follow-up

Perspectives in Alternative Payment Models

What Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders are Common in Occupational Therapists?

Who are Best Candidates for Discharge 24-hours After Total Knee Arthroplasty?

PET-MRI for Musculoskeletal Disorders

Neither Race nor Socioeconomic Status are Factors in Readmission Rate

APTA CSM 2017 Sessions Focused on Value Based Purchasing

Pre-operative Exercise for Joint Replacements: Is it Worth It?

APTA CSM 2017 Sessions Focused on Outcomes Data

APTA CSM 2017 Sessions Focused on Social Media

Scores: Mapping Condition Specific to Quality of Life

APTA CSM 2017 Sessions Focused on #ChoosePT

Weather and Acute Low Back Pain

Influence of Work-Related Psychosocial Factors

Effectiveness of Exercise for Lower Extremity Injuries

Telerehabilitation Post-Stroke

Preoperative Education vs None Prior to Total Knee Arthroplasty

2017 Where is FOTO Man? Contest Week 4

Knuckle Cracking: Is It Bad to Do?

Comparing Stratified Care with Usual Care for People Who Have Low Back Pain

Current Spending of Health Care Dollars

2017 Where is FOTO Man? Contest Week 3

Description of Another Payment Model

10 Year Self-Report Outcomes: Total versus Unicompartmental Knee Replacement

2017 Where is FOTO Man? Contest Week 2

Femoral Fractures: Which is better? High-Volume or Low-Volume Hospital

Validation of DASH and QuickDASH for Patients with Distal Radius Fracture

Smoking May be Causally Associated with Reduced Risk of Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis

2017 Where is FOTO Man Contest Week 1

What Predicts Return to Work after Motor Vehicle Accident Related Orthopedic Trauma?

CONTEST: Where Is FOTO Man?

What is the Long Term Impact of Physical Activity on Obesity?

Introducing FOTO Man

Are Occupational Therapists Effective in Treating Individuals who have Rheumatoid Arthritis?

FOTO Op - Complete to Compete

Manage Expectations to Improve Outcomes

Outcome Measures, Data and Relationships

MIPS: Are You Ready?

Top Recommendations for PPS 2016

FOTO Op - Satisfaction Questions and Conversation Starters

3 Ways Predictive Analytics is Different than Fortune-telling

"Have a Nice Day"

30 Minute FOTO Ops - Tips from Nikki

How Do You Define Quality?

How Often Should You Analyze Outcomes Data?

Does "Cupping" Have a Role in Achieving High Outcomes?

Change in Healthcare Is Not Like Changing a Light Bulb

3 Challenges Clinicians Face Treating Musculoskeletal Injuries

Outcome Measures Are Part of a Patient's Story

3 Reasons Why Focusing on Value is Challenging

APTA Interested in How You Measure and Manage Outcomes

New Pyramid for Musculoskeletal Care

Healthcare is Changing: What Data is Your Beacon?

Top 3 Reasons You Need Customized Reports

What 4 Factors Affect Clinical Outcomes?

Rehabilitation Data: What's Relevant?

Top 3 Reasons the Rehabilitation Market Will Grow

3 Ways to Evaluate Your Services

Five Characteristics of Your Best Customer

Part 4 - Outcomes Conference Wrap Up: Who Said This?

3 Ways to Persuade with Data

Part 3 - Outcomes Conference Wrap Up: Who Said This?

3 Ways to Tell a Story with Your Data

Part 2 - Outcomes Conference Wrap Up: Who Said This?

Outcomes Conference Wrap Up: Who Said This?

5 Tips for Successful Networking

The 6 "Bare Bones" of Networking

Eliminate the Guru Put Your Trust in Real Experts

5 Ways to be Memorable in Rehabilitation

8 Tips and Hacks to Build Word of Mouth Referrals

Return on Investment of Measuring and Managing Quality

Convert Outcomes into Real Dollars

How Can You Determine Your Return on Investment?

Cost and Outcome

3 Ways You Know You Have a Culture of Engaged Clinicians

Integration: 3 Discussion Points

Are You Stuck in the 70's?

5 Myths About Risk Adjustment

5 Necessities for Value Based Purchasing

Be Ready for Bundled Payments in 5 Steps

My Top Picks for APTA CSM 2016

There is No Substitution for Physical Therapists

Implementation: From Zero to 100

What Changes With Patient Engagement?

Psychosocially Informed Perspective

How Does FOTO Enhance Patient Engagement?

What Does Patient Engagement Look Like?

What is Patient Engagement?

From Volume to Value

G Code Severity Modifiers Lack Responsiveness to Change

FOTO Taking the Lead in CMS Payment Incentive Models

Recommendations for PPS Annual Conference

How Does System Integration Happen?

Value Based Purchasing is the Future: Are You Ready?

Stop by Booth #825 During PPS Annual Conference

First Pet Peeve with Functional Limitation Reporting

Future in Risk Adjustment

Pay for Performance Structure

Efficacy and Clinical Experience

FOTO and Functional Outcome-based Registry

Differences in Risk Adjustment Processes

The Mental War When Your Outcomes are Measured

Combining Science & Clinical Expertise

Dashboards and Outcomes

Top 5 Reasons Early Majority is Better than Early Adopter

Why a Clinical Practice Includes Outcomes in Business Metrics

Worker Compensation Payer Concerns

Top 3 Reasons for Risk-Adjusted Outcomes

5 Ways Computer Adaptive Testing is Different

Clinician Perspective of Technology

Patient Perspective of Technology

Outcomes are Not Created Equal - Part II

Outcomes are Not Created Equal - Part 1

What Do Outcome Measures Measure?

Value Defined

Why Do Processes Matter When It Comes to Outcomes Data?

Processes are Key to Your Success

Day 2 of Outcomes Conference 2015

Day 1 of Outcomes Conference 2015

Back2Basics Outcomes Conference 2015 Highlights

Surprise FOTO Tour! Outcomes Conference 2015

Welcome to Knoxville! Outcomes Conference 2015

Cost of Care and Value of Physical Therapists

FOTO Partners with Payers to Improve Quality

These #HIMSS15 Sessions are a Shoe-In

Information Technology and Enhancing Care Outcomes: Part V

Information Technology and Enhancing Care Outcomes: Part IV

Information Technology and Enhancing Care Outcomes: Part III

Information Technology and Enhancing Care Outcomes: Part II

Information Technology and Enhancing Care Outcomes: Part I

Analyzing Your Scorecard

When the Functional Activity Doesn't Fit Your Patient

The Conversation when Negative Change Happens

Conversations Around Outcomes

When Negative Change Happens

Does the FOTO Prediction Seem Reasonable? - Part V

Reviewing Additional Information: Part IV

Creating a Functional Image of the Patient - Part III

Analyzing Factors in Intake Functional Status Summary - Part II

Thinking Through the Intake Functional Status Summary - Part 1

Top Recommendations for APTA CSM 2015