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Patient Understanding by Jason Marketti: I've spoken to patients from many countries and places around the globe. Sometimes it's like watching the movie Billy Elliot or trying to understand the lyrics of South African rap-rave crew Die Antwoord. I'm aghast, did they just curse? I wouldn't know Read More...
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Nursing Can't Do That by Jason Marketti: The patient I was supposed to see was in a RUG level that paid very well. He had some complications that prevented him from participating to get the full minutes for several days. On the patient's assessment day, I spoke to the nurse in charge of his Read More...
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Future Care by Jason Marketti: I've read about social security running out of money, reduced reimbursement rates, a decrease in the number of qualified providers, quicker discharges and supposedly better recovery after surgery. Where does this leave everyone? Social security has to Read More...
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Let the Patient Decide by Jason Marketti: We're all aware of the patient's bill of rights regarding treatment in a healthcare setting. They have the absolute right to refuse treatment and I think we should encourage them to invoke that right but with some consequences attached. First, we should Read More...
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Off the Record by Jason Marketti: We were treating a patient for several weeks and making some progress toward her discharge. There was a family conference and it was decided, with the patient's input, that she'd go back to her apartment. For the next couple of days, she seemed not to Read More...
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Rankle Fracture by Jason Marketti: I was reading the eval and came across a patient with a "Rankle fracture" to her lower extremity. I was thinking this is serious and went on a quest to look it up. I couldn't find what exactly a Rankle fracture was on the leg or the severity of it. When Read More...
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Conditions for Licensing by Jason Marketti: Once again, I was searching the state board websites and came across some applications that asked whether the prospective licensee had a disease or condition that interfered with the ability to perform the essential functions of the profession. If so, Read More...
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Discriminatory Care: Part One by Jason Marketti: Being my cheerful self, I walked into the patient's room, introduced myself and immediately felt the frozen gazes of several family members. The one family member who could speak a little English told me it wasn't a good time to see his grandmother. I Read More...
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ICD-9 Codes by Jason Marketti: Just because a code is billable, doesn't make it the best possible code for a therapy diagnosis. I have certificates in billing and coding and constantly come across codes, such as 719.7, which is difficulty in walking. This can be the "catch-all" code Read More...
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A Moment to Shine by Jason Marketti: Sometimes I'll be the one to initially assess a patient who requires increased intervention by nursing. In a SNF, patients can fluctuate in ability, cognition and activity level, which is often first seen by the therapy department. Typically one of us Read More...
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New Skills by Jason Marketti: As we approach a new year, a Festivus miracle occurred ("Seinfeld" enthusiasts will understand this). I had an epiphany about how to be a better therapist in 2013. At first, it made about as much sense as a Chris Elliott book but as I began to unravel Read More...
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Who Directs Patient Care? by Jason Marketti: A while ago, a patient came into the facility and we were given two weeks to make the patient stronger and safer to go home. The two weeks was what the patient's insurance company authorized. Research shows that a person will need to increase caloric Read More...
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Therapy Jokester by Jason Marketti: Humor has been a large part of who I am and what I do. I use my standard joke name, "Frank N. Stein," around this time of year and have the per-diem therapists try and treat him. After looking around the facility for him, they usually realize it's a joke Read More...
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Our Meme by Jason Marketti: When a therapist tells me a patient is "circling the drain" or a "frequent flyer," I immediately cringe at the idea of a professional using those terms. However, I also know exactly what they mean. When we get "knees," "hips" or "backs," they fail to Read More...
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Total PT Immersion by Jason Marketti: As PTs and PTAs, we went through enough testing in school and yet we had to pass one more test to get that magical piece of paper from the licensing board. The problem is that to get that license to practice, we did not have to show any skills to the Read More...
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