Exclusive: The Intersection of COVID-19 and Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities

Faced with rising numbers of COVID-19 cases, one hospital struggled to find adequate medical/surgical beds due to the challenges it had with discharging COVID patients. With a strong desire to address the need for surge capacity and to meet patient needs for inpatient rehabilitation, the challenge was met by the team at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital in Michigan, as you’ll learn during this edition of Monitor Mondays.

Longtime RACmonitor contributor Angela Phillips will report on how the hospital kept the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) open, providing much-needed rehabilitation services while assisting the organization in meeting the needs of an influx of COVID patients and managing throughput to open acute beds as needed. Phillips, long considered be one of the nation’s foremost IRF authorities, is the president and CEO of Images & Associates.

Other segments featured on the podcast:

• RAC Report: Healthcare attorney Knicole Emanuel, files the Monitor Mondays RAC Report.
  
  
• Court Report: Famed whistleblower attorney Mary Inman reports on the recent court case that saw Med Analystic lose its battle to establish a new breed of corporate whistleblower outsiders.
  
  
• SDoH Report: Ellen Fink-Samnick, reports on the news that’s happening at the intersection of COVID-19 and SDoH. Ellen also conducts the Monitor Mondays Listener Survey.
  
  
• Legislative Update: Matthew Albright, reports on the status of healthcare legislation associated with the current COVID-19 pandemic.
  
  
• Risky Business: Healthcare attorney David Glaser, joins the broadcast with his trademark segment, reporting on risky business during the pandemic.
  
  
• Monday Rounds: Ronald Hirsch, MD, makes his Monday Rounds with another installment of his popular segment.