Industry Resources

Presenter: Ms. Ginger Cohen, Chief Nursing Executive at  St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute

5/16/12 - Are you frustrated staffing your rehab nursing using tools that were designed for med/surg care?  Learn how FIM^TM scores can be used in conjunction with your institution’s rehab nursing standards of practice to determine the appropriate mix of nurses to staff for each nursing shift. Make the most cost-effective rehab nurse staffing decisions while maintaining or improving patient safety, patient outcomes, rehab nurse productivity, and rehab nurse satisfaction. Our featured presenter was Ms. Ginger Cohen, the Chief Nursing Executive at Washington State’s largest IRF. Ms. Cohen presented her experience regarding these topics as she and her rehab nurse managers participate in the trial of a new software tool being developed by MediServe that delivers these benefits. Please watch this webinar to learn how your institution can leverage patient Daily Acuity to staff rehab nursing more productively and to report the shift-by-shift status of your critical Quality Indicators. Read More

Presenters: Shelby Harrington, MS, BSN, RN, Carolinas Rehabilitation

3/14/12 – Has your organization been considering participating in a Patient Safety Organization with the goal of safely sharing patient quality measures and improvement measures with other institutions? If so, you will want to join this webinar and listen to guest Shelby Harrington from Carolinas Rehab talk about EQUADR, a patient safety organization founded by her organization which is now being co-sponsored by MediServe. Read More

Find Out How Your Staff Compares To Other Outpatient Facilities

Complete a quick survey and immediately see how your OP staff compares to other hospitals’ staff awareness. Read More

Do You Know How MediCare Pays You?

Understanding how Medicare pays inpatient rehabilitation providers can be complex. To help you easily see how providers are paid, we’ve created an interactive model to help you better understand how Medicare pays inpatient rehabilitation providers. Read More

How Will the 2012 IRF Final Rule Impact Your Organization?

Our detailed analysis will apply the inpatient rehabilitation 2012 final rule to your current patient population so you can better understand how your organization will be impacted both financially and clinically. Find out how you will be impacted both financially and clinically by the 2012 final rule. By applying the final changes to your current population, we will help you better understand the implications to your organization. Read More

Find Out How Your Staff Compares To Other IRFs

Complete a quick survey and immediately see how your IRF staff compares to other hospitals’ staff awareness. Read More

Presenter: Darlene L. D’Altorio-Jones, PT., MBA-HCM

2/23/12 - The industry is shifting emphasis from inpatient to outpatient care, which will lead to an increased demand for outpatient rehabilitation services. Providers must transition with the appropriate tools and practice with attention to increasing ambulatory patient volumes. Evidence-based management is the future. Are you ready? Read More

Presenters: Presenter: Lynda Goodfellow, Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs – The Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing and Health

2/22/12 – Healthcare organizations are unsure of future reimbursement
payments. Moreover, ICUs typically consume >20% of the financial resources of a hospital. Professions will examine various aspects of how long-term respiratory care will impact the profession of respiratory care and how the respiratory therapist is key to reducing the length of stay and for providing cost-effective care to the long-term chronic pulmonary patient. Read More

Presenters: Presenter: MediServe’s Robert Habasevich, PT., MS and Darlene L. D’Altorio-Jones, PT., MBA-HCM

1/31/12 - What’s ahead for the future of IRFs? MediServe’s Darlene D’Altorio-Jones, PT, MBA-HCM, and Bob Habasevich, PT, MS, talk about the latest industry trends that could affect your inpatient rehab facility, an appreciation for the key metrics used in patient care settings and the new technologies available that will help improve data capture effectiveness and efficiency. Read More

Easily lookup the average length of stay range for one or more patient types (Case Mix Groups). This is the first year CMS has published the data needed to calculate an LOS range. Read More