ABOUT US
Preventing falls and protecting
your patient’s independence with proper fall prevention programs, evaluations
and treatment is imperative to your patient’s well being not to mention your
practice or health care facility. SureSteps4u, LLC specializing in the evaluation,
treatment and prevention of falls for patients of providers and health care
facilities nationwide. SureSteps4u delivers comprehensive nationwide mobile
diagnostic testing of balance disorders in those patients identified at risk for
falls and provides professional reading of the tests results by a board
certified medical specialist on in a HIPPA compliant format. In addition, we
provide the tools to objectively identify a patient's risk for falls and treat
your patient’s symptoms of dizziness, stumbling, vertigo, disequilibrium, wall
or furniture walking, room or head spinning. All in 3 steps.
Step 1: Balance & Hearing
Screening Test
This step can be performed one of two ways:
1. Without technology utilizing Comprehensive Balance Questionnaires to assist
in identifying a patient’s risk for falls and hearing deficiency.
2. With technology utilizing an objective one-minute balance test using the
Metitur Good Balance Evaluator will identify patients at risk for falling. A
Rhomberg eye open and Rhomberg eye closed using a normative patient database of
over 9,000 subjects. An air conduction test using the Bluetooth T4 automatic
audiometer provides you with a baseline on the patients hearing. Further testing
or hearing aids may be recommended based on the test results. (3-5 minutes)*
*Tests conducted by your MA in office
"Hearing loss is the third most prevalent chronic health condition among older
Americans, after high blood pressure and arthritis.”
-Journal of the American Medical Association
Step 2: Diagnostic Testing
With the use of mobile diagnostic services, our qualified technicians perform
all of the testing in your facility. We supply the equipment, technician,
scheduling, testing, billing and interpretation by a board certified medical
specialist. After we begin testing your referred patients, our technologist will
log their time in and out for each test that they complete the evaluations in
your office. These times are reported to our office each day and entered into
our computer system. The fees due to you for the tests conducted during the
month are calculated at the end of the month and paid to you according to the
contract between SureSteps4u and your facility. You determine which patients need
testing. Referrals for these patients will be sent to our office via FAX or
through the website. That’s IT! After the patient is pre-certified for testing
our staff then contacts the patient to let them know that they have been
approved for testing and we schedule them for testing according to the available
times and dates for testing determined by your office.
*Tests conducted in office
Step 3: Treatment
Treatment may consist of Vestibular rehabilitation, hearing devices and custom
durable medical equipment when indicated. Vestibular rehabilitation is a
specialized form of physical therapy designed to promote habituation and
compensation for a wide variety of balance and vestibular disorders. The goal is
to improve balance, decrease dizziness, and minimize falls by restoring
vestibular function and postural control. There are many causes or reasons why a
patient may need a vestibular and balance evaluation. Some of these reasons may
include:
• Labyrinthitis-inner ear infection
• Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
• Acute vertigo caused by head trauma or whiplash
• Chronic vertigo caused by chemical or drug toxicity
• Acoustic neuromas
• Meniere’s Disease
• Age-related multi-sensory deficits
• Stroke and vascular insufficiencies
We can provide your staff with all the tools to initiate a vestibular program in
your office or provide a Physical Therapist for contract services at your office
or facility. When your patients require specific durable medical equipment or
hearing intervention, Vertigion provides the materials, equipment, qualified
personnel to make the service easy.
We work exclusively with Medical providers and facilities by delivering a
complete fall prevention program. Our services are available to health care
providers in part or whole based on individual needs. Regardless of whether you
are a physician or a health care facility desiring to implement an effective
fall prevention program contact us for more information on how SureSteps4u can
assist you in meeting your goals.