Rehabilitation Units

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Specialization:

In general, a distinct unit of a general acute care hospital that provides care encompassing a comprehensive array of restoration services for the disabled and all support services necessary to help patients attain their maximum functional capacity. Source: AHA Annual Survey p. A10 1996 AHA Guide. For Medicare, a distinct part of a general acute care hospital providing inpatient rehabilitation services that meets the following requirements. Rehabilitation Units have in effect a preadmission screening procedure under which each prospective patient's condition and medical history are reviewed to determine whether the patient is likely to benefit significantly from an intensive inpatient program or assessment; ensure that the patients receive close medical supervision and furnish, through the use of qualified personnel, rehabilitation nursing, physical therapy and occupational therapy, plus, as needed, speech therapy, social services or psychological services and orthotic and prosthetic services; have a plan of treatment for each inpatient that is established, reviewed, and revised as needed by a physician in consultation with other professional personnel who provide services to the patient; use a coordinated multidisciplinary team approach in the rehabilitation of each inpatient, as documented by periodic clinical entries made in the patient's medical record to note the patient's status in relationship to goal attainment , and that team conferences are held at least every two weeks to determine the appropriateness of treatment; have a director of rehabilitation who provides services to the unit and its inpatients for at least 20 hours a week, is a doctor of medicine or osteopathy, is licensed under State law to practice medicine or surgery, and has had, after completing a one-year hospital internship at least two years of training or experience in the medical management of inpatients requiring rehabilitation services. **

Operator Assisted Physical Therapist Referral




Dr. Clayton Stitzel
Mr. Lamar Dawkins JR. MD
Dr. Edward Leroy JR. MD
Mrs. Delynne Baptiste OTR/L
Mrs. Corrie Lambert PT
Mrs. Laura Niemann OTR/L
Manuel Wilfred PT
Dr. Kimberly Lephart PT, DPT, MBA, PCS
Alyssa Hoffee ATC, LAT
Ms. Carla Wheatley
Miss Rachel Rose PTA
Billie Jo Loveless
Nicole Fiorentino OTR/L
Marc Goldstein MPT
Mr. Yurit Fonseca LMT
Miss Reshma Patel COTA
Mr. Dominic Trapp CPTA
Ms. Dana Hontiveros PT
Dr. Shale Breite DPT
Mr. Earl Ryburn JR. COTA
Ms. Sarah Sawyer MT
Mr. Steven Ward OTR
Zhigang Ma
Chukwuemeka Okabuonye
Dr. Steven Rosenberg MD
Mrs. Nadine Collins NURSE
Mr. Domingo Caleyo MA
Dr. Omayra Mercado MD
Mary Munevar
Christina Duncan LPN PED PRIM NURSE
Lani Evon COTA
Ms. Natalie Cela OTR/L
Michelle Conway
Brenda March COTA/L
Christopher Dempsey DPT
Silvio Biasci PT
Van Ngo MS
Mr. Joel Kromrei
Karen Hughes
Graham Reaves MSOT
Melanie Shanks COTA
Mr. James Gardner OTR/L
Teri Schueller OTR/L
Grant Mitchell MOTR/L
Nirali Parikh DPT
Jordan Knouse DPT
Mrs. Bethany Lata PT
Mr. Jay Burns OTR/L
Lloyd Schempp PT
Mrs. Toni Bouck OTR,
Joni Wohlscheid PT
Dr. Karin Gauen DPT
Miss Brooks Bentley PTA
Mrs. Penny Timmen LCSW
Miss Robin Branch LVN
Mrs. Linda Church PTA
Mr. Elliott Fleming PT
Mrs. Ewa Bogacz OT
Teresa Krieger OTR
Darrin Shapiro
Theresa Ruiz PT
Christie Carusotto PTA
Donna Whitney
Annmarie Klein
Anthony Bonner WSI
Mrs. Lauren Nemmers OTD, OTR/L
Richard Daryl Chapman