Articles and Columns 

Copies of these articles and columns are available for download below or on request from KovacekManagementServices, Inc.

• Back to 1995 - Now What by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants. April, 2001.
• How Do You Know What You Know by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants. April, 2001.
• The Price of Indifference is Too High by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants. March, 2001.
• So You Want to Be An Entrepreneur by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT. Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants. February, 2001.
• Tools of the Trade by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants. January, 2001.
• Sweet Christmas Dreams and Wishes 2000 by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants. December 2000
• I'll Tell You About the Prevolution by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants. November 2000.
• The Privilege and Pleasure of Rehab Management by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants. October 2000.
• Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda Redux by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants September, 2000.
• The Four Horsemen of Rehab Success by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants. August 2000.
• Getting the Answers by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants. July 2000.
• The End of Employment by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants. June 2000.
• Dealing with Bullies by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants. May 2000.
• You Can Have Anything - You Can't Have Everything by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants. April 2000.
• Just Beneath the Surface by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants. March 2000.
• .A New Productivity  by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants. February 2000.
• A New Year - A New Start 2000 by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants. January 2000.
• Evidence Based Management by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants. August 1999.
• What You Incent is What You Get by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants. September 1999.
• How to Get a Job by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants. October 1999.
• The Benevolent Therapist Biller by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT and David O. Lane.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants. October 1999.
• Competence of Compliance? by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants. November 1999.
• Irrelevance is NOT Sustainable by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants. December 1999.
• Opportunities in Times of Retrenchment by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants. August, 1999.   Download article in Adobe Acrobat Format.
• The Great Debate: Process or Outcome? by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants. March 1, 1999.   Download article in Adobe Acrobat Format.
• Are PTs Sliding Down Mazlow's Hierarchy? by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants. November 9, 1998.   Download article in Adobe Acrobat Format.
• Sometimes Being Good Isn't Good Enough by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants. October 12, 1998.   Download article in Adobe Acrobat Format.
• The Misunderstood Modality by Jolynn Weiler.  Featuring Mary S. Lundy, PT PCS. Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants.  September 28, 1998.   Download article in  Adobe Acrobat Format.
• PTs as Business Entrepreneurs - Starting a business is risky, but these PTs met the challenge and succeeded by Marlene A. Prost.  Featuring Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT. Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants.  October 5, 1998.   Download in Adobe Acrobat Format.
• Mickey and Minnie Visit PTWorld by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants. October 1998.
• Managing in the Imploding Organization by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT. Advance for Physical Therapists, August 10, 1998.  Download article in Adobe Acrobat Format.
• The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 - Impact on Acute Care Physical Therapy Services by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT. Acute Care Perspectives, Volume 6. Number 2. Pages 1-9. Summer 1998.   Download article in Adobe Acrobat Format only.
• Why Manage Anyway? by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT. Advance for Physical Therapists, June 8, 1998.  Link to article online in Adobe Acrobat Format only.
• I'm FED Up and I'm Not Going To Take It Anymore. by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT. PT/OT Opportunities, June 1998. Link to article online   Link to article online in Adobe Acrobat Format only.
• BBA Offering Challenges and Opportunities by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT and Kathleen "Jake" Jakubiak Kovacek, PT. Advance for Physical Therapists, May 11, 1998.  Link to article online in Adobe Acrobat Format only.
• PPS: Opportunity to Improve or Sharp Stick in the Eye? by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT. PT/OT Opportunities, May 1998. Link to PT/OT Opportunities  Link to article online in Adobe Acrobat Format only.
• Incentive Management: Reaching Business Goals with Rewards that Matter. by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT and Peg Grey.  Advance for Directors in Rehabilitation.  April, 1998 54-55.
• Managed Care Challenges for Rehab Managers by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT. Advance for Physical Therapists, April 13, 1998.  Link to article online in Adobe Acrobat Format only.
• Managed Care Rehabilitation Industry Faces Numerous Challenges as Managed Care Takes Hold by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  PT/OT Opportunities, April 1998.  Link to PT/OT Opportunities
• Managed Care Rehabilitation Industry Faces Numerous Challenges as Managed Care Takes Hold by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Eli Rehab Report, March 1998.
• Ramblings from Across the Country by Peter R, Kovacek, MSA,PT. Advance for Physical Therapists, January 12, 1998.
• I Have Seen the Enemy and It is US by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants. November 1997
• The Ten-Step PT Challenge by Peter R, Kovacek, MSA,PT. Advance for Physical Therapists, November 3, 1997.
• Managing the "New" PT Department by Peter R, Kovacek, MSA,PT Advance for Physical Therapists. October 6, 1997.
• Peter's Dream Department: People Make the Difference by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants
• The Art of Skillful Negotiation by Peg Grey and Peter R, Kovacek, MSA,PT PTMagazine, February 1997.
• The Productive PT by Peter R, Kovacek, MSA,PT, PTMagazine, April 1996.  Link to article online in Adobe Acrobat Format only.
• Working for Influence in the Rehabilitation Setting by Peter Kovacek, Advance for Physical Therapists, September 1, 1997.
• The Trouble with the Future...Is That It Is Not What It Used To Be by Peter Kovacek, Journal of Orthopedics and Sports Physical Therapy, January 1995.
• Evolution of Discharge Planning Takes PT's to Case Management by Bernard J. Colan (includes interview with Peter R, Kovacek, MSA,PT), Advance for Physical Therapists, January 27, 1997.
• Are Your Skills a Double Edged Sword? by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants.
• A Wake Up Call for PT by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants
• Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants.
• PTs and Pork Bellies - I've Got the PT is Like a Car Wash Blues by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants
• Ramblings from Across the Country by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants
• Don't Just Sit There Do Something by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants
• Organizational Influence: Survival Skills by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants
• IK... Syndrome by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants
• Little Red Hen in PT by Peter R. Kovacek, MSA, PT.  Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants

• Looking For a Few Good PTs /Managers by Peter R, Kovacek, MSA, PT Advance for Physical Therapists, August 4, 1997

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