Expert Details
Physical Rehabilitation Management
ID: 729503
Tennessee, USA
Expert served as director of rehabilitation services with experience in CARF accreditation, budget planning and management, productivity standards development and management, program development, department and system mergers, quality assurance planning, monitoring and reporting, and leadership of multidisciplinary staff. Expert developed a productivity model based on the Medicare fee schedule so that productivity could be in line with profitability and more accurately reflect the time and skill required in the delivery of various units of service. Quality tracking was initiated in the acute care, transitional care, inpatient rehabilitation, and outpatient settings.
Expert has spent twenty years working in the field of physical therapy in a variety of settings. These include inpatient acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, outpatient, sports medicine, worker's compensation, and home health. He has also taught in a physical therapist assistant's program. Seven and a half years were spent in ownership of a private outpatient clinic. He has performed hundreds of functional capacity assessments using three different approaches, one of which he developed independently.
Expert served as director of an inpatient rehabilitation unit during the transition of ownership from a contracted company to the health system in which the unit resided. This included obtaining a full, three year CARF accreditation for the unit. He provided education to staff related to proper coding, billing, and documentation for rehab services.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 2008 | Degree: MS | Subject: Training and Performance Improvement | Institution: Capella University |
| Year: 1990 | Degree: BS, PT | Subject: Physical Therapy | Institution: Medical College of Georgia |
| Year: 1988 | Degree: BS | Subject: Biology / Chemistry | Institution: Cumberland College (Now University of the Cumberlands) |
| Year: 1988 | Degree: | Subject: | Institution: |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2009 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Rehab Specialty Director | Department: Rehab Specialty Programs |
Responsibilities:Provide oversight for specialty programs including mentoring of staff, monitoring of outcomes, medical records audits, and providing training for multidisciplinary staff related to specialty programs and documentation.Achieve the above for multiple geographical locations. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2006 to 2009 | Employer: Mercy Health Partners | Title: Regional Director of Rehab Services | Department: Rehab Services |
Responsibilities:Provided oversight and leadership during the transition in ownership of the Rehab Care Center.Served as the primary contact for CARF during the successful accreditation including coordinating the development of the policy and procedures manual. Worked with a multidisciplinary team consisting of therapies, nursing, case management, human resources, legal department, and risk management during this process. Established contracts with educational facilities, service providers, and consulting firms. Developed the quality improvement plan for departments consisting of acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, transitional care unit, and outpatient therapies. This plan included metrics under all five of the Studer pillars with the addition of a mission pillar specific to the organization. Worked with the productivity consultant to develop a model based on the Medicare fee schedule so that productivity could be in line with profitability and more accurately reflect the time and skill required in the delivery of various units of service. Worked with other healthcare systems to establish relationships to grow referrals and increase consistency of care across the continuum. Established system for online meetings to eliminate the need for travel by the managers from offsite clinics. Provided education to staff related to proper coding and billing for rehab services. Work with pastoral services and volunteer services to establish a DME closet for indigent patients. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2005 to 2006 | Employer: Covenant Home Care | Title: Clinical Rehab Manager | Department: Home Health |
Responsibilities:Managed a mobile staff in a “virtual” setting across multiple counties.Assisted in training of staff for compliance and proper documentation. Developed a staff evaluation model based on multiple metrics. This model was in the process of being modified to conform to the Studer pillars at the time of my departure. Work closely with staff and human resources to improve staff satisfaction and recruitment and retention. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2002 to 2005 | Employer: Physiotherapy Associates | Title: Clinic Director | Department: Rehab Services |
Responsibilities:Managed daily operations of outpatient physical therapy clinic, including providing patient care, preparing and managing budgets, and supervision of staff.Participated in marketing to physicians, case managers, and employers. Developed a quality improvement plan with a focus on patient satisfaction, clinical outcomes, and physician communication and satisfaction. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1997 to 1999 | Employer: Knoxville Business College (now South College) | Title: Adjunct Instructor | Department: Physical Therapy |
Responsibilities:Provided instructions in both lecture and laboratory settings specific to the provision of physical therapy services as related to modalities and therapeutic exercise.Lecture notes and slides were developed based on the syllabus and in accordance with the text provided. Responsibilities included the preparation and grading of written and practical examinations. Arrangements were made with area physical therapy clinics and health clubs to provide students with hands-on experience in the provision of aquatic therapy. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1994 to 2002 | Employer: Maximum Potential Physical Therapy | Title: General Partner | Department: Outpatient |
Responsibilities:Performed start up of a free standing outpatient private therapy practice including licensing, regulatory compliance and participation as a Medicare provider.Negotiated contracts with third party payers. Participated in marketing to physicians, case managers, and employers. Served as an adjunct professor in a physical therapist assistants program. Managed financial aspects including payroll, budgets, and tax preparation in conjunction with a CPA. |
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Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Provided depositions related to functional capacity evaluations performed on injured workers in relation to lawsuits and disability determinations. |
| Training / Seminars |
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| Served as an instructor in a physical therapist assistant's program. Responsibilities included the preparation and grading of written and practical examinations. Arrangements were made with area physical therapy clinics and health clubs to provide students with hands-on experience in the provision of aquatic therapy. |
| Marketing Experience |
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| Served as the director for a multiple hospital health system with departments including acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, transitional care, and outpatient. This required knowledge of regulatory issues as they pertain to each area and as the patient moved through the continuum of care. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Provide mentoring and instruction to a multi-disciplinary team of rehab professionals for inpatient, outpatient, and home health. |
Fields of Expertise
rehabilitation, gait analysis, health care industry quality management, performance improvement, performance measurement, productivity measurement, work measurement (quantity), clinical measurement, physical therapy, inpatient rehabilitation, physical medicine and rehabilitation, electric stimulation therapy, productivity, neuromuscular disorder, incentive compensation plan, health care management, medical record, physical therapy education, productivity improvement, home health care, designing productivity, health care marketing, growth, measurement process, pain management, therapy, health care system