Aegis Therapies President and CEO Martha Schram

By making patient condition and characteristics the driver of reimbursement, over the number of therapy minutes provided to a patient, the Patient-Driven Payment Model coming in October has changed the game for rehabilitation and skilled nursing providers alike. And Aegis Therapies, which is based in Frisco, Texas and provides third-party rehabilitation to more than 500 nursing homes and senior care facilities, has to prove its value to the skilled nursing facilities where it offers services. Aegis President and CEO Martha Schram thinks there’s opportunity in the new system, even though it will come with new challenges for third-party rehab. In her conversation with Rethink, Schram talked about the need for new conversations between rehab providers and SNFs, and how rehab has to take outcomes into consideration as the industry prepares for PDPM. Download the episode to learn about: - How third-party rehab has evolved in skilled nursing - Why skilled nursing could get value from the infrastructure of a rehab provider - The need for third-party rehab to go beyond therapy delivery under PDPM