Recent News and Discussions About Pdpm Physical Therapy Layoffs
Therapy Staffing Dropped Up to 10% at Nursing Homes in …
https://skillednursingnews.com/2021/03/therapy-staffing-dropped-up-to-10-at-nursing-homes-in-wake-of-pdpm-mostly-through-contract-cuts/
Mar 1, 2021 — Genesis HealthCare (NYSE: GEN), for instance, laid off 5% of its therapy staff as PDPM took effect in October 2019, and trade groups for …
Skilled Nursing Facilities Lay off Therapists, Change Therapy …
Dec 20, 2019 — It reports that 43.27% of operators and vendors laid off therapy staff after PDPM was implemented; 56.73% did not.[7].
PDPM Aftermath Offers Glimpse of Home Health Therapy …
https://homehealthcarenews.com/2019/10/pdpm-aftermath-offers-glimpse-of-home-health-therapy-changes-to-come/
Oct 16, 2019 — Thousands of physical , occupational and speech therapists have reportedly been laid off by their skilled nursing employers, with one of the …
Physical Therapists Facing Layoffs | The Remington Report
Physical Therapists Facing Layoffs Across the Healthcare Industry
Aug 30, 2021 — Physical therapists once in such high-demand are facing massive layoffs across the industry because of reimbursement changes to skilled …
Therapists decry layoffs amid SNF reimbursement overhaul
https://www.modernhealthcare.com/payment/therapists-decry-layoffs-amid-snf-reimbursement-overhaul
Oct 2, 2019 — Thousands of physical , occupational and speech therapists have been laid off as skilled-nursing facilities transition to a new payment model …
Therapist advocates sharing layoff concerns with CMS – News
Oct 3, 2019 — “ PDPM changed Medicare payment methodology for SNFs on Oct. 1. It did not change the value of physical therapy services or patient needs.
Round 2? Echoing PDPM, home health agencies reportedly …
Feb 3, 2020 — Home health agencies are laying off employees and “aggressively “cutting physical , occupation and speech therapy services for patients in …
APTA: New SNF Payment System Should Drive Quality …
https://www.apta.org/news/2019/10/09/apta-new-snf-payment-system-should-drive-quality-patient-care-not-staff-layoffs
Oct 9, 2019 — APTA : New SNF Payment System Should Drive Quality Patient Care, Not Staff Layoffs · What PDPM changes—and what it doesn’t · A big incentive for …
A Change in Medicare Has Therapists Alarmed
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/29/health/new-old-age-medicare-physical-therapy.html
Jul 6, 2021 — That progress ended abruptly on Oct. 1, when Medicare changed its payment system for physical , occupational and speech therapy in nursing homes.
SLPs in SNFs Share Stories of PDPM-Related Layoffs …
https://leader.pubs.asha.org/do/10.1044/slps-in-snfs-share-stories-of-pdpm-related-layoffs-treatment-and-pay-cuts/full/
by BM Law · 2019 — These two SLPs aren’t alone in losing their SNF employment. In the past week, SLPs, occupational therapists (OTs), physical therapists (PTs), …