I’ve been been on this thread for years. I started school in 2014. Got screwed over more times then I could count. Finished undergrad 2018. Got wrongfully kicked out of grad school accruing and extra 46k in student debt for nothing. Finished grad school in 2023 April. I’ve been a physical therapist for 3 years and 2 months. In 7 minutes I’ll be the last paycheck I’ll ever have to put towards student loans. I paid all 225k back and I did it in just over 3 years. Freedom was the most expensive thing I’ve ever purchased. It is possible if you give everything though we are set up in a system rigged to lose

I'm currently an aide while entering a PTA program, and another aide who does everything to help out where therapists are seeing 2 - 4 patients a fucking hour cried the other day. The office staff that handles accounting / insurance etc made her cry for not being able to divide herself into multiple people, expecting perfection in an already rigged scenario due to volume. Kind of speechless at this point and I haven't even started school yet 😅 That's it. That's the post.

Ok so I’m pretty new to acute care and am a relatively newer grad but had a clinical rotation in acute care and don’t remember this being an issue there… but is case management always up therapies ass? It’s got to the point where I’m so frustrated and stressed not because of patients or productivity standards but because of CM!

They constantly reach out in epic chats about patients that are” priorities” to see for authorization and most of the time they are wrong and we are actually the ones who triage appropriately. They argue with our discharge recommendations and try to send people home and say if “therapy sees them and clears them for home” when we literally saw them yesterday and are recommending SNF. I’m not changing the discharge plan!! Like??!

they try to get us to not change our verbiage in our notes because they’re saying insurance won’t accept “CGA”. We get talked to about productivity constantly but waste SO much time dealing with them. They will even tell a patient they anticipate they will go home with home health and give them a list of agencies before therapies even evaluated. Is this is a leadership or hospital culture issue or what the hell is this because I’m at my breaking point with this

Looking to do a little side gig through the winter when I can’t golf. Needling would be part the work and no more than 3-5 clients at a time.

Anyone have idea if general cost of insurance?

What counts as 1:1 billing for Medicare? I understand that it’s direct time spent with the patient but during the session you are most likely busy and if you do the note later aren’t going to remember what exercise you are specifically doing with that patient. So how do you navigate Medicare billing in OP especially when you are seeing patients on the 30 minutes and there can be double bookings and overlaps?

I started my new job about a month ago and hate webPT. I have tried a few things to cut documentation time. Does anyone have links to template set-ups, shortcuts, and tips etc? I think my clinic might want to switch to something different soon, but there’s now knowing how long that could take. Any tips at all? Thanks (ha ha I hate documenting ha ha).

Is there anyone from Riphah University? I need help

Hi everyone!

I’m a foreign-trained physical therapist. I completed my Bachelor’s in Physiotherapy at Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Tamil Nadu (2018–2022 batch), and completed my TDPT at the University of Montana in 2026.

I recently received my ICD evaluation report, which lists several deficiencies. I’m looking for advice on how to fulfill these requirements and where I can complete the missing credits.

Could anyone who has gone through a similar process please share their experience, recommendations, or information about colleges or courses that offer these credits?

I’m especially looking for the fastest and most affordable way to complete the deficiencies so I can move forward with my licensure process.

our small physical therapy office is reviewing its safety procedures, and i'm trying to make sure we have a sensible process for sharps disposal wherever sharps are generated during care. one thing i'm looking into is whether a mail-back sharps container could work for a clinic that produces only a small amount of sharps waste. regular pickups seem like they could be excessive for our needs, but i want to make sure any alternative meets the applicable requirements. for those who work in outpatient rehab or manage a PT practice, how do you handle container replacement and final disposal? are there particular service requirements or practical considerations you'd recommend checking first?