5 Big Changes That Will Determine Winners AND Losers Under PDPM
Last week at the Leading Age of New York Annual Convention in Saratoga Springs, NY, we attended an excellent presentation. Zimmet Healthcare Services Group presented on the new Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) slated for an October 1, 2019 implementation. The...Greetings, Patient Driven Payment Model
Hello, Patient Driven Payment Model. It’s nice to meet you! To an industry wondering if and when the RCS-1 System was coming, it looks like that question has been answered. Change is coming, but it’s going to look a bit different than we were expecting....
Understanding The 7 Types of Aphasia
UPDATE April 2022: Actor Bruce Willis was recently diagnosed with Aphasia. Aphasia is a language impairment caused by some type of damage to the brain (typically but not always a stroke, head trauma, or tumor). It can affect a specific area of the brain from head...
6 Habits to Help You Become a Better Clinician
Every once in a while, I like to take a moment and reflect on our profession as a whole and the work we perform with the gerontologic population specifically. Good speech-language pathologists are an incredible mix of scientists, counselors, and educators and like...Preventing the Costs of Aspiration Associated with Dysphagia
Today we will look at the costs of aspiration associated with dysphagia. Dysphagia, or difficulty eating, chewing, and swallowing, affects nearly 25 million people in the United States and by its very nature (Foley et. al. 2008) can affect individuals at any age....Our Dedicated Speech Pathologists:
