Articles for rehabilitation and allied health professionals, including physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, and dietitians. Topics cover licensing, practice formation, compliance, and the reimbursement and documentation issues that affect therapy and allied health practices.
Guidelines in Illinois aim to balance virtual and in-person care. Learn how the changes are shaping telehealth services for physical therapists.
Starting your own rehab therapy clinic is a big step, but without proper legal groundwork, it can create more risk than reward for PTs, OTs, and SLPs.
Successful practice owners understand the importance of monitoring the competition, setting performance goals, and tracking progress. But implementing a benchmarking program requires care to avoid unnecessary legal risk.
Referral fees may sound like a smart strategy to get more physical therapy clients, but the federal government constrains such activities. Learn why exchanging money or gifts for referrals can be problematic.
You’ve worked hard to earn your credentials and start a dietetic practice. Now stay abreast of the guidelines that apply to your specialty to limit your liability and stay legally compliant.
Physical therapists are under scrutiny by the federal government. But does that mean that they’re mandated to maintain compliance programs?
Just because you don’t accept Medicare at your physical therapy practice doesn’t mean that you’re not subject to some of its rules. If you have a cash-pay PT business, you need to read this.
Earlier this month, ATI Physical Therapy in Illinois submitted a HIPAA breach notification to the U.S. Department of Health and
I love my physical therapist, and I have the highest respect for the profession. The best way to imbue that sense of professional loyalty and appreciation in your patients is to simply do a good job treating them. Don’t tell them about what makes you great – show them. Help them rehabilitate and accomplish their goals, and you’ll make them physical therapy loyalists for life.
If a Medicare patient has achieved their maximum level of recovery, and additional therapy would not help them improve beyond that point, then additional treatment isn’t warranted or medically necessary. Plus, Medicare surely won’t foot the bill. You, their PT, think that additional therapy would help them from getting worse, but that’s not the standard. It’s time to discharge them, right?
