OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs

AI is going to reshape OT education—rapidly and profoundly. The real question is: How do we harness its strengths for good? How do we protect the parts of learning that are best done without it, while also leveraging AI in areas where our profession has historically struggled?

One promising area is scenario-based learning, where AI can create realistic, dynamic situations that help learners practice clinical reasoning in a safe, sup...

For many of us, payer negotiations feel distant—something handled “somewhere up the chain,” far removed from the day-to-day work of helping patients. But here’s the truth: nothing shapes our practice more than the reimbursement rates and contracts negotiated on our behalf.

Reimbursement determines who we can serve, how much time we can spend with them, what services we can sustainably provide, and ultimately whether our practice can...

We, at OT Potential, keep hearing stories of more and more OTs teaming up with optometrists to provide vision remediation interventions. 

(Vision remediation focuses on retraining the eye and brain connection. This is in contrast to low vision therapy, which focuses on compensation and adapting the environment to  maximize remaining vision.)

The need is clear: occupational therapy can provide needed interventions for those with diagn...

OTs and PTs compete in many ways. We can be found competing over:

• Patient time
• Who gets to bill which code on which day
• Recognition 
• And scope of practice

But, as looming outside forces like AI and decreasing reimbursement rates threaten our professions, it is critical to change our postures toward interprofessional collaboration. 

And, there is no PT I would rather talk about this with than Rebeca Segraves. Rebeca has hard won ...

One year ago, we released an OT Potential Podcast episode exploring what AI could conceptually mean for clinical decision support.

Fast forward to today—and AI chats have become a regular part of the decision-making process for many healthcare providers. In fact, OpenEvidence now reports that 40% of U.S. physicians use their platform daily.

At OT Potential, we recently launched our own AI chat and learned a great deal in the process.

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Occupational therapy assistants are the bedrock of treatment provision in many OT departments throughout the country.

In fact, In large rural SNFs, around  58% of OT staffing minutes are by OTAs.

And, in rural and underserved communities, about 48% of all Medicare outpatient therapy services are provided by OTAs.

But, not enough continuing education has been geared towards the unique challenges and opportunities within this profession...

Heart disease is the most common serious chronic condition among adults. 

In fact per the latest report staggering 1 in 3 US adults received care for a cardiovascular risk factor or condition in 2020. 

The same report projects that annual inflation-adjusted health care costs attributable to cardiovascular conditions will nearly quadruple from $393 billion in 2020 to $1,490 billion by 2050.

Truly astounding numbers. 

Heart disease is an...

Hot take: I loved working in a Skilled Nursing Facility. 

Skilled nursing facilities are one of the highest paid settings for occupational therapy professionals. And about one-fifth of us work in one. 

But, work in one can have a bad rap. 

In today’s intro to SNF OT course, we’ll walk through the common challenges, and immense opportunities of working in a SNF. We’ll cover the specific things you need to know, from payment models to c...

It’s no secret that I believe occupation therapy is entering its prevention era. 

We are starting to leverage our skillset not after a terrible health incident has occurred, but at the first sign of trouble. 

As I imagine this not-too-distant reality, there is one deeply personal area that I am so eager to see us shift our energy toward: 

Cancer prevention. 

Across the healthcare community, we are learning more and more about the speci...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming healthcare—and pediatric occupational therapy is no exception.

This course aims to spark your imagination about AI’s potential to strengthen how we support child development. From enhancing your assessments with rich data to making interventions more accessible, AI holds promise for both clinicians and families. This course offers insights into how these innovations are beginning to re...

School-based OTs is one of occupational therapy’s most distinct practice areas. The style of practice and the systems you work within, all take a mindset shift. 

Whether you just landed your first school OT job or are a seasoned professional looking to refine how you manage your days, this course will walk you through essential day to day considerations. 

You’ll leave more confident about organizing your time, and delivering high-qua...

When you adjust for inflation, OT and PT reimbursement is down around 40% since 2002 on our key CPT codes. 

Now the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule has ANOTHER cut to OT written in pencil. We simply cannot sustain continued cuts to the value of our services. 

So, we clearly need to reconsider our advocacy approach and identify key opportunities to help influence meaningful change.. 

At OT Potential we are equipping YOU to ra...

OT reimbursement from traditional models is on the decline, while the need for OT services on the rises

Thus, entering into private practice is an important avenue for OTs to consider. 

But, with this comes all kinds of legal considerations. 

In the first part of this two part series, we talked about choosing a legal entity, working with your full scope of practice as laid out by your licensure laws, and navigating Medicare covered se...

Unfortunately, rates of cancer have been on the rise for young adults in multiple cancer types—including breast, pancreatic, and gastric cancers.

Cancer rehab for these individuals introduces multiple special considerations given their age and life stage. 

In this one hour webinar, we will use our clinical decision support page to walk through assessment, goal-setting and treatment for adolescents and young adults with cancer.

We’ll b...

While many therapists dream of private practice, the risk of hitting a legal landmine holds many back. 

In this episode, we are going to zoom in on one OT who is looking to partner with a doctor who is providing concierge dementia services. 

We’ll use this as a case example to talk through what legal considerations OTs need to make when starting a practice: from choosing the right legal entity, to partnering with a specific provider,...

Here’s a question I can’t stop thinking about: 

Is “sense of purpose” the true secret ingredient that makes occupational therapy unique and effective? 

I ran a survey of my OT peers earlier this year, and I was shocked that 17% of respondents selected “sense of purpose” as the main treatment area they address—second only to “daily activities,” which is what I traditionally think of as our bread and butter. 

This tells me that, on the ...

You know that sinking feeling you get before walking into a patient room, when you suddenly think: 

“Wait.. what exactly am I going to do with this patient?” 

Creating a treatment plan entails a complex synthesis of the patient’s needs, the available evidence, and your expertise. It’s no wonder it can be hard to pull all this information together on the spot. 

So, it’s easy to see why therapists are starting to utilize AI tools as a b...

Far too often, people are not referred to occupational therapy until their disease course has progressed to a level of high complexity.

But, what if we could start seeing our clients sooner? 

Ideally, we receive the referral at the first sign of trouble. In some cases, we could prevent the full expression of a condition. In other cases, we could work with the client so their condition presents in a less severe way. These services are...

Stroke rehab is an area where we have some of the most abundant research to draw on as occupational therapists. 

But, this can also make it feel difficult to synthesize it all into the right actions steps for your clients. 

In this Ask Me Anything style episode, we will be answering your questions on chronic stroke assessment, goal-setting and treatment. We’ll have a full clinical decision support for you reference during the episode...