Following PPS Guidelines for Reassessments in Home Health

Diana L Kornetti, PT, MA, HCS-D, COS-C

Dee, a physical therapist for 30 years, is a past administrator and co-owner of Integrity Home Health Care, Inc. – a locally owned and operated Medicare-certified home health agency. Dee now provides training and education to home health industry providers through a consulting business, Kornetti & Krafft Health Care Solutions, with her business partners Cindy Krafft and Sherry Teague, where she serves as its Chief Operations Officer.  Dee is nationally recognized as a speaker in the areas of home care, standardized tests and measures in the field of physical therapy, therapy training and staff development in the home health arena. Dee is the immediate past Editor of the Quarterly Report, a publication of the  American Physical Therapy Association’s (APTA) Home Health Section , as well as member of the Home Health Section’s Practice and Education Committees.  She currently serves the Home Health Section as its Program Chair for annual conference educational activities.  She has been an active member in good standing in the APTA since 1986.  She is also the President of the Association of Homecare Coding and Compliance, and a member of the Association of Home Care Coders Advisory Board and Panel of Experts.  Dee is a published researcher. You can find her research on the Berg Balance Scale. She has also co-authored Home Health Section resources related to OASIS, goal writing and defensible documentation for the practicing therapist.Dee received her B.S. in Physical Therapy from Boston University’s Sargent College of Allied Health Professions, and her M.A. from Rider University in Lawrenceville, NJ. Her clinical focus has been in the area of gerontology and neurological disease rehabilitation. 

Kenneth L. Miller, PT, DPT, GCS, CEEAA

Dr. Kenneth L. Miller is a board-certified geriatric clinical specialist, advanced credentialed exercise expert for aging adults, and credentialed clinical instructor from the APTA. He has over 26 years of clinical experience with the older adult population.  Dr. Miller is an assistant professor at the University of North Texas Science Center with dual appointments in the Department of Physical Therapy in the School of Health Professions and in the Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics in the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. 

His clinical focus is on best practices for use with the older adult population.  He has spoken nationally and internationally on topics of gerontology including primary prevention, fragility, outcome measures, and pharmacology. 

He serves on editorial boards related to geriatric care and physical therapy education including Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation where he was guest editor for a thematic issue dedicated to pharmacology and nutrition.  He also serves the physical therapy profession as director of practice for the Academy of Geriatric Physical Therapy and on several Academy Task Forces.  Most recently, he has helped to develop the best practice guidelines for the Academy that describe best practices for the care of older adults.  Dr. Miller is also a co-editor of the Ciccone's Pharmacology in Rehabilitation 5th edition textbook update.