Course Code: REL-RTS-0-22POD18
Hours: 1
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2025
Learning Objectives:
Determine the goals of the HHVBP model.
Determine the quality measures linked to rehabilitation therapy used to assess agency performance.
Choose strategies to demonstrate the value of rehabilitation to patients, employers, and payers.
Outline:
Introduction
Why This Topic Is Important (3:33)
What Is Value-Based Care? (4:28)
The Demonstration Project (7:31)
Metrics Specific to Rehab and the Therapist’s Role (15:12)
Patient Experience vs. Satisfaction (21:08)
Organization Changes to Expect in 2023 (25:08)
How to Access and Use the Data? (29:17)
What Agencies and Therapists Should Do to Prepare for HHVBP (35:16)
Anticipated Challenges (40:05)
What Can Therapists Do to Demonstrate Their Value? (45:55)
Conclusion (54:55)
Subject Matter Expert: Ellen Strunk, PT, MS, GCS, ACEEAA, CHC, RAC-CT
Ellen has worked in various roles and settings as both a clinician and manager/director. She is an expert at helping customers understand the CMS prospective payment systems in skilled nursing and home health settings, and outpatient therapy billing for all provider types. For the past 15 years, Ellen has worked as principal consultant and founder of Rehab Resources and Consulting, Inc. Ellen lectures nationally on the topics of regulatory compliance in the post-acute care space and coding/billing/documentation and is a published author, having contributed to the 4th edition of Guccione’s Geriatric Physical Therapy with a chapter on Health Policy for Physical Therapists and Older Adults and Women’s Health in Physical Therapy with a chapter on Exercise and Aging. As a long-time member of APTA Geriatrics, APTA Home Health, and the APTA Academy of Leadership & Innovation, Ellen has served in senior leadership positions and authored multiple articles and educational tools for the sections. She serves on a state level as the Practice & Reimbursement Chair for the Alabama Physical Therapy Association. She is a member of the American Health Care Association (AHCA), the National Association of Rehab Agencies and Providers (NARA), and ADVION, the National Association for the Support of Long-Term Care.
Writer: Tiffany Shubert, PT, PhD
Dr. Shubert has a Master’s in Physical Therapy from UC San Francisco/San Francisco State University and a PhD in Human Movement Science from UNC Chapel Hill. She is a licensed physical therapist with over 20 years of clinical experience. She has taught in pre and post-professional DPT programs and is a funded researcher with 35 peer-reviewed publications. The majority of her research has focused on evidence-based fall risk management and the dissemination and implementation of the Otago Exercise Program.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Occupational Therapists; Physical Therapists; in the following settings: Rehabilitation Settings.
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.