Learn Physical Therapy Billing

2007-03-08 10:33:40

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Physical therapy billing is a necessary part of a physical therapist’s responsibilities. Most of your customers will be paying for your services through a third party (e.g. medical insurance provider, employer, etc.) and these third parties find detailed documentation and accounting necessary before payments are processed.

Even if it is a direct type of interaction where the client will pay you, physical therapy billing still goes with the territory. Therefore, as a physical therapist, you need to learn the ins and outs of physical therapy billing.

Physical therapy billing is the act of rigorous and meticulous documentation of a patient’s physical therapy care for the purpose of fair billing and expense reimbursement. It should include, among other things, the patient’s diagnosis and plan of care, how physical therapy is part of the patient’s plan of care, your qualifications as a registered physical therapist or physical therapy aide, number of hours spent with the patient, etc. Each insurance company or institution has a different set of requirements and particulars for physical therapy billing. Therefore, you need to acquire the knowledge about the existing standards for accurate physical therapy billing.

Becoming a massage therapist or physical therapist, therefore, would be easier on your part if you were to enroll in a continuing education physical therapy program of a reputable school or institution. These schools would teach you up-to-date physical therapy skills. Aside from that, you will also learn the physical therapy billing procedures and standards. And of course, you will get the necessary certification to land a physical therapy job.

Aside form enrolling in continuing education physical therapy courses, it is also advisable that you get a physical therapy software. A standard physical therapy software would give you the necessary tools to keep track of patients’ appointments, actual visits and expenses incurred. It could also be your source of standard protocols for different diagnoses. A standard physical therapy software would also let you design protocols for every individual diagnosis not originally included in the database. A physical therapy software would therefore be a big help in your physical therapy billing tasks.

To summarize, physical therapy billing is a necessary requirement of fulfilling a physical therapy job. To learn how to do this, you should enroll in continuing education physical therapy courses. And to help organize your tasks and paper trail, you should get a physical therapy software.


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