Home Health Suit + Scrubs Podcast

Home Health Suit and Scrubs Podcast is a weekly podcast created by and for home health clinicians. Hosted by the suit Dan Haggerty and a team of experienced scrubs, including Lisa Thompson, Dan Catuccio, & Brendan Kirby, it focuses on the challenges and opportunities of providing care in patients' homes. With a conversational style, the hosts share their combined decades of experience in home health, offering practical tips, candid discussions about real-world challenges, and solutions for common pain points like scheduling, documentation, and setting patient expectations.

The podcast particularly emphasizes the importance of efficiency and work-life balance. It acknowledges the demanding nature of home health work while providing strategies for delivering quality care without burnout. The hosts' rapport and willingness to share successes and challenges create an authentic resource for new and experienced home health professionals.

"Home Health: Suit and Scrubs Podcast" serves as both a practical guide and a supportive community for clinicians navigating the world of home health.

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Hosted by Dan Haggerty, Lisa Thompson, Dan Catuccio, and Brendan Kirby

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Home Health Suit + Scrubs Podcast Episode 18: A PTA Guest Flips the Script and Supervises our PT Hosts–Part 1

July 17, 2025 • Home Health: Suit and Scrubs Podcast • Season 1 • Episode 18

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In this unique episode, Tracy Reidel, PTA, a Physical Therapist Assistant with 25 years of experience and Clinical Manager overseeing 102 therapists in Florida, completely flips the traditional interview format by questioning hosts Dan Cotuccio and Brendan Kirby about PT-PTA coordination challenges. Drawing from her extensive background in both acute care and home health, plus her current leadership role managing therapists across rural Florida territories, Tracy explores critical issues including optimal supervision ratios (maximum 3-4 PTAs per PT), communication strategies that achieve zero missed visits, discharge planning dilemmas when patients want extended care despite meeting goals, and the complexities of working across multiple EMR systems. The conversation reveals practical insights about setting patient expectations from day one, managing homebound status compliance, and the reality that PTA visits may actually be more valuable than PT visits due to increased patient contact time, while emphasizing that successful PT-PTA partnerships require proactive scheduling, unified messaging, and regular communication to ensure both regulatory compliance and optimal patient outcomes.

The Home Health Suit + Scrubs Podcast is your weekly dose of real talk for home health clinicians. Hosted by Dan Haggerty—a national home health therapy executive—and three seasoned home health PTs, each episode dives into the topics that matter most: safety, efficiency, clinical care, and career growth. Whether you’re a new grad or a home health veteran, you’ll find practical tips, relatable stories, and candid conversations designed to help you thrive in the field. From navigating tricky documentation to setting boundaries and staying safe on the road, Suit + Scrubs blends real-world insight with a touch of humor to make your commute between visits more useful—and more fun.