Two patients walk into your practice with the same diagnosis. They receive the same treatment. One recovers well. The other keeps coming back, struggles with adherence, and experiences complication after complication. What’s different? Often, the answer has nothing to do with their clinical care — and everything to do with the world they go home to. What Are the Social Determinants of Health? The Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) are the non-medical, socio-political conditions that
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced significant updates to survey timing requirements and clarified expectations around the minimum length of both standard and complaint surveys. These changes are designed to strengthen consistency and thoroughness in oversight and investigations of alleged noncompliance nationwide. A key update requires survey teams to remain onsite for a minimum of five consecutive hours on the first day of any survey. This applies to all standard health
Healthcare technology is evolving quickly, and artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere. Therapy providers are seeing a growing number of software tools designed to improve intake processes, clinical documentation via coding prompts and AI-Scribing compliance, and reimbursement to effectively reduce administrative burdens. In an effort to support compliance programs, providers are looking for sustainable software solutions but may be losing sight of the greatest risk to therapy providers. As providers are relying more heavily on AI