The new year is a great opportunity to set standards in your practice to ensure profitability and efficiency. Now is the time to meet with your administrative team to assess how they are performing and set expectations for 2020. Don’t know the right questions to ask? Don’t sweat it! We’ve outlined the 5 questions to ask yourself and your team: 

Therapists put in years to fulfill the educational courses to become a therapist.  It is an awesome field to be in.  Just one thing about the education, the curriculum does not typically include classes on important administrative issues that are vital to a therapists starting their professional career.  Once they take and pass the exam to become a licensed therapist the search for employment begins. 

What is a closed panel?

During our Administrative Power Center (APC) training sessions with rehab private practice owners and their front desk staff I always ask, “How do you answer the phone?”

Surprisingly, I have never had an entire staff, in one or multiple sites, all say the same thing. ‘Hello, thank you for calling APC Physical Therapy how can I help you?’ ; or ‘APC can I help you?’ ; how about – ‘APC Physical Therapy hold please.’; or ‘Hi, APC Physical Therapy, we are happy you called, this is Diane, how can I help you today?’; or how about, ‘APC Physical Therapy, if you want to schedule an appointment press 1, if you want to speak to a therapist press 2, if you want to discuss your bill press 3…’

Short, long, name, no name or a recording – what do you want every caller to hear every time they call your office? 

Many healthcare providers are unfamiliar with the credentialing process because they worked in a setting in which it wasn’t required, or their employer handled their enrollment. So, it only makes sense that providers can be intimidated by the amount of work that goes into credentialing when they attempt it for their own practice. We have outlined four ways to streamline credentialing so you can start treating patients as soon as possible.  

Over the years I have had the privilege of using or at least viewing over a dozen different Medical billing software systems.  Some I liked, and some I did not.  Some were general medical software’s and some specific to Rehab Therapy.  As good or as bad as I thought a system was, not one of them could actually make more revenue for a company.

Rehab billing is difficult to say the least. There are several pitfalls that you need to watch out for in order to “get paid right the first time”. Here are the top 7 most common mistakes you may be making: 

There are many important decisions to make when starting a PT, OT, or SLP private practice. One crucial decision is whether to be in or out-of-network with insurance plans offered to members in the practicing area. 

According to a survey conducted by GoBankingRates, 27% of respondents plan to use their 2019 tax returns toward their debt.  Our experience as a billing company has proven that tax season is a great opportunity to collect overdue patient balances. While it is recommended to collect all money at the time services are rendered, we realize that isn’t always possible.  Use the following 5 tips to increase your patient collections.

These tips will help you, your front desk, and billing department by ensuring the most accurate information is in your system