Medical Rehab Matters

This episode is the first of two on a report on The Role of IRH/Us During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. We think you'll find it informative. In 2021 AMRPA retained ATI Advisory (ATI) to conduct quantitative and qualitative research on the role of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals during the pandemic. A presentation and panel discussion were held during the 2022 AMPRA Spring Conference and...

Season 2 begins with a look back on three episodes in last season covering prior authorization, traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury. You'll hear from guests Kerry Maher, MD , Senior Vice President of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) Consulting and Education at Brooks Rehab, and  Michael Long , Rehabilitation Division President at Vibra Healthcare. Kate Beller, JD,  AMRPA EVP f...

In this bonus mini-episode, we're talking about spinal cord injury. Our guest is Margi Williams, PhD, RN, MSN, CRRN, FNP-BC, FABDA, FARN, a rehab nurse with many years of experience working with spinal cord injury patients. She's also been actively involved with the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN) for more than 25 years. She has given numerous conference presentations, authored rehabili...

Our guests are Richard Kunz, MD , a physiatrist and associate professor at VCU and Chief Medical Officer, Sheltering Arms Institute, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Daniel W. Klyce, PhD, LCP, ABPP, licensed clinical psychologist and board certified rehabilitation psychologist. He serves as the rehabilitation psychology advisor at the Sheltering Arms Institute.

Nearly 18,000 new spinal cord injuries occur in the US each year and nearly 300,000 people live with spinal cord injury. Whether from a traumatic event, such as a car crash, or a fall within the home, spinal cord injuries can have life altering effects. We talk with Christopher Comey, MD, a neurosurgeon with Advanced Neurosurgery Associates, LLC, affiliated with Northside Hospital in Lawrenceville...

In this episode, we hear from Tim Callahan, the Patient Perspective Speaker at the 2021 AMRPA Fall Conference. Tim suffered a severe spinal cord injury and doctors said he would never walk again. Listen to his amazing and inspiring story after an introduction by AMRPA Board Chair Anthony Cuzzola.

In this episode, we discuss about Prior Authorization and its impact on patients. Our guests are Kerry Maher, MD , Senior Vice President of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) Consulting and Education at Brooks Rehab, and Michael Long , Rehabilitation Division President at Vibra Healthcare. Cohosts: Robert Krug, MD , past chairman of the AMRPA Board of Directors and VP of Medical Affairs f...

Welcome to Medical Rehab Matters. In the weeks since this podcast began, we've learned a lot inpatient medical rehabilitation and about podcast production, including that it's not always possible to include everything we record. In this episode, we're going to present some of the things we couldn't earlier – from our episodes on stroke, cancer, and amputation. We hope you enjoy this episode and it...

In this episode of Medical Rehab Matters, we talk about amputation, prosthetics and inpatient medical rehabilitation. About 185,000 amputations occur in the U.S. each year and approximately 2 million Americans live with limb loss and that number is expected to double in coming years. Our guests are Roseann Sdoia , who lost her leg in the Boston Marathon Bombing in 2013, her doctor, David Crandell,...

In this episode, we discuss innovative technology. We consider some of the key barriers that people with disabilities face in accessing assistive devices and technologies, and what can be done to help address those barriers. We also discuss some of the legislative and regulatory issues related to innovative technology. Our guests are Andrés Gallegos , chair of the National Council on Disability; B...

In this episode, we talk about traumatic brain injury and inpatient medical rehabilitation. Each year about 1.5 million Americans sustain a TBI, 230,000 people are hospitalized and 80,000 to 90,000 people experience the onset of long-term disability due to a TBI. Our guests are Brent Masel, MD, executive vice president for medical affairs with the Centre for Neuroskills, and a clinical professor o...

In this episode of Medical Rehab Matters, we talk about cancer and inpatient medical rehabilitation. The American Cancer Society estimates that there will be 1.9 million new cancer cases in the U.S. this year. Many of them will benefit from inpatient medical rehab at different points during and after their cancer treatment. Our guests are Vishwa Raj, MD, a cancer rehab specialist at Carolinas Reha...

The first episode of Medical Rehab Matters addresses stroke and inpatient medical rehabilitation. Stroke impacts approximately 800,000 people in the U.S. each year and more than two-thirds of them receive inpatient rehabilitation services after they're released from the hospital. Stroke is the leading cause of long-term disability and the fourth leading cause of death. About one quarter of inpatie...