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Beyond Employment: The Clinical and Environmental Power of Vocational Rehabilitation for Individuals with Mental Illness and Developmental Disabilities…

(A Trade Article with cited references) Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) has traditionally been framed as a pathway to employment. While employment outcomes remain central, a growing body...

Recreational Therapy Under Michigan No-Fault: Standards, Coding,and Practical Billing Guidance

This article, authored by Bruce W. McCollum, MHA, Clinical Reimbursement Expert, provides practical guidance on the application of Recreational Therapy within Michigan’s No-Fault system. Drawing on...

A Mixed Bowl of Cost Saving and Potential Impropriety…

Michigan’s no-fault insurance system has never lacked tension between cost containment and the obligation to provide reasonably necessary care to catastrophically injured individuals. That tension appears...

A Trade Perspective for Providers, Administrators, and Behavioral Health Professionals

In today’s increasingly complex residential care landscape, providers are facing a convergence of challenges: higher acuity residents, more nuanced behavioral health diagnoses, co-occurring conditions, regulatory scrutiny,...

The Value of the Latest Billing Technology and What It Cannot Provide…

Within the Michigan No-Fault environment, the use of billing systems that align with electronic clearinghouses can provide substantial operational advantages for rehabilitation providers, residential programs, and...

Outreach Strategies Must Match the Year in Which You Exist…It’s 2026!

The way care providers reach referral sources, build credibility, and demonstrate value has changed more in the last three years than in the previous twenty. Whether...

A Message from Master Trainer, Bruce W. McCollum

I have been at this for almost 40 years. I have learned and accepted that as instructors, we carry a responsibility that goes far beyond delivering...

Base Comfort on Growth Realities…

Success in today’s care-delivery landscape—whether you operate within the Michigan No-Fault system, serve older adults, or support individuals with complex injuries—cannot be built on narrow foundations....

The Value of Getting Out In Front

In the continuum of care—from home care agencies to adult foster care, residential programs, and specialty rehabilitation providers—challenges inevitably arise. These challenges may come in the...