ABOUT FUNCTIONAL BASELINE TESTING & REHAB (FBT)

Functional Baseline Testing is a method by which clinicians may address functional activities with worker's compensation patients. This testing and treatment process will enable the therapist to provide an alternative to Work Hardening Therapy, a program increasingly fraught with reimbursement issues requiring expensive equipment and excessive square footage. 

Functional Baseline Testing a method to incorporate functional activities into a traditional physical rehab program without the space and equipment expense required for Work Hardening facilities.

Functional Baseline Testing and Treatment equipment needs can be met for under $2500.00 (in addition to standard clinic equipment). Functional Baseline Testing and Treatment can be done in a standard, already equipped PT clinic. FBT is a method to prepare an injured worker for return to work. Every job has Material Handling and Non-Material Handling requirements. Functional Baseline Testing emphasizes job-matching and precise goal setting in these key areas of work. FBT is also a method to increase Worker's Compensation revenues by retaining patients formerly lost to providers with Work Hardening programs.

Why do Functional Baseline Testing? Decreased utilization of traditional Work Hardening. From the Provider perspective, Work Hardening is expensive to provide & poorly reimbursed. It requires equipment, space, time, and staff expense. There is the decreasing payment by worker's compensation PPO's. From the Payer perspective, insurance companies do not think Work Hardening is a good investment. They view Work Hardening as "expensive baby-sitting". Regarding results, there are mixed outcomes in Work Hardening. "50-80% success" and "Outcomes are unclear" is what the research indicates. Another reason to perform an FBT is the rise of "Modified Duty" programs plus the increased pressure for early return to work. There is also the need to furnish the appropriate treatment pathway for workers with behavioral obstacles preventing return to normal activity.

Also included: When should functional baseline testing be done in a rehabilitation program? Who can perform functional baseline testing? Where can functional baseline testing be done? How is functional baseline testing done?

The time frame for completing the online course is 30 days for each participant.  2 Contact Hours CE.

OBJECTIVES

• Learn protocols to administer evaluation of lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling tasks.

• Review the necessary elements of musculoskeletal screening.

• Learn the elements and application of various positional tolerance tests.

• Learn to administer pain/disability questionnaires and other select Performance Criteria.

• Learn and practice basic documentation skills for Functional Baseline Tests.

• Learn to establish functional goals in a treatment plan using the Job Matching approach.

• Learn how to progress treatment using functional activities.

• Learn how to bill for the service.

PRE-REQUISITE SKILLS

• ROM Assessment

• Strength Assessment

• Postural Assessment

• Neurological Assessment

• Basic Functional Assessment

This seminar will be helpful to any of the following who meet the prerequisites above: OT's, PT's, COTA's. PTA's

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REFUND POLICY

Refunds are not available for distance learning courses.