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




Mrs. Delynne Baptiste OTR/L
Miss Brooks Bentley PTA
Silvio Biasci PT
Mrs. Ewa Bogacz OT
Mrs. Toni Bouck OTR,
Miss Robin Branch LVN
Dr. Shale Breite DPT
Mr. Jay Burns OTR/L
Mr. Domingo Caleyo MA
Christie Carusotto PTA
Ms. Natalie Cela OTR/L
Mrs. Linda Church PTA
Mrs. Nadine Collins NURSE
Michelle Conway
Mr. Lamar Dawkins JR. MD
Dr. Christopher Dempsey DPT
Dr. Karin Derigne DPT
Lani Evon COTA
Nicole Fiorentino OTR/L
Mr. Elliott Fleming PT
Mr. Yurit Fonseca LMT
Mr. James Gardner OTR/L
Marc Goldstein MPT
Alyssa Hoffee ATC, LAT
Karen Hughes
Jordan Isom DPT
Deonte Johnson
Teresa Krieger OTR
Mr. Joel Kromrei
Mrs. Corrie Lambert PT
Mrs. Bethany Lata PT
Dr. Kimberly Lephart PT, DPT, MBA, PCS
Billie Jo Loveless
Zhigang Ma
Brenda March COTA/L
Dr. Omayra Mercado MD
Grant Mitchell MOTR/L
Mary Munevar
Van Ngo MS
Mrs. Laura Niemann OTR/L
Chukwuemeka Ozonwankwo
Nirali Parikh DPT
Graham Reaves MSOT
Miss Rachel Rose PTA
Dr. Steven Rosenberg MD
Theresa Ruiz PT
Ms. Sarah Sawyer MT
Melanie Shanks COTA
Darrin Shapiro
Dr. Clayton Stitzel
Mr. Dominic Trapp CPTA
Mr. Steven Ward OTR
Donna Whitney
Manuel Wilfred PT
Joni Wohlscheid PT