Triggers for a Referral
When you are unsure if a patient would qualify for IPR, who can you reach out to for a quick answer?
What is Marketing Liaison, Taylor Watson?
What are two modalities patients require to admit into IPR?
PT/OT, PT/ST, OT,ST, etc
Patients require two out of three therapy disciplines to qualify for IPR.
The largest provider of inpatient rehabilitation services in the US
What is Encompass Health?
What does IPR stand for?
What is Inpatient Rehab?
These facilities are licensed hospitals, staffed with rehab nurses, rehab techs, PT/OT/SLPs, RTs, physicians, and more!
An exacerbation of this can trigger a referral to IPR
What are symptoms?
To qualify for IPR, patients need a medical and _________ need.
What is functional need?
Where are the Encompass Hospitals located?
Encompass RIT: behind TMC, located on Wyatt Dr.
Encompass NW: Near NW hospital, located on Hosptial Dr.
The average length of stay at inpatient rehab hospitals
what is ~2 weeks
A new _______ of an old condition can trigger a referral to IPR.
What is deficit?
Ex: drooping, slurred speech, one-sided weakness, drop foot, etc.
Licensed as an intensive therapy hospital, Encompass patients are required to participate in how many hours of therapy?
What is 3 hours/day or 15 hours/week?
This time is split into 60-90min therapy sessions with breaks in between.
Patients can be admitted from home, SNF, observation stay, or inpatient stay at any time to this type of rehab facility.
What is Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital?
An apple a day couldn't keep these guys away from our patients.
What is physician?
Rehab physician visits at least 3x/wk, hospitalists rounding on our patients multiple times per week.
TRUE/FALSE: IPR requires 3 midnights to admit to our hospital?
What is false?
What activities does IPR admissions team look at to qualify a patient functionally? Name two!
What is bed mobility, ADLs, ambulation, Dressing, and transfers?
60% of _____ happen in the home setting
What are falls?
Encompass Rehabilitation Hospital offers many services. Name at least three.
PT/OT/SLP, On-site pharmacy, On-site dietician, certified wound care team, in-house dialysis,
Amputees with prosthetics can attend prosthetic 'boot camp'. How long is their stay?
What is 5-7 days?
Name the 5 Medicare requirements to meet criteria for IPR.
What is: 1. Needs therapy disciplines, 2. hospital level of care, 3. interdisciplinary approach, 4. medical complexity, 5. expected to make gains.
These Diagnoses/needs paired with a functional need make patients potentially good candidates for IPR. Name two.
Stroke, Spinal cord injury, Congenital deformity, Amputation, Major multiple trauma, fracture of femur, brain injury, neurological disorders, burns, joint replacement, severe or advanced osteoarthritis, and more!
True or False: Patients can admit directly from home to Encompass Inpatient Rehab Hospital?
TRUE!
Medicare pts can self-refer. Pts with other insurances can have their PCP/HH/SNF provider send a referral. Therapy notes are required to submit for authorization.