Guest guest Posted September 16, 1998 Report Share Posted September 16, 1998 I have a question as to salary base for new graduated PTA's in the state of florida, west palm beach. With the medical situation changing, does anyone have a figure to assist us with, the PTA would receive a salaried position with approximatly 2 weeks vacation and health care benefits. Also does anyone have a productivity formula to use for a therapist, with regard to his/her yearly net revenue. ______________________________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 16, 1998 Report Share Posted September 16, 1998 Mark, Re: the speech therapy, we've found a way to equate " relative value units " to the " procedures in speech therapy which are close to the " average " time units which would be spent on the procedure. This has allowed us to continue tracking " productivity " ......It is also built into the " billing " system. > Re: RE: Productivity > > > >1.Your description of eval would be counted as 3 units. > >2. We track " non-billable " 15 minute units of time as statistics, i.e.,30 > min. of documentation time per day is 2 units, a 1 hr pt. staffing is 4 > units, etc. Then our monthly report tracks total departmental nonbillable > units. We also track missed treatment units the same way in order to get > a > handle on potential lost revenue because of reasons cited by code, ie, > staff > unavailable, patient ill, patient refused, etc. Gives us an idea about > what > are the problems and what can be improved upon to reduce % of missed tx > units in the future. > >>>> Todd Cepica 09/15 12:49 PM >>> > >Mark (and others) > > > >I am referring to the following post: > > > >>Your goal of 140 billable 15 minute units per day for 2 PT's and 3 PTA's > (28 > >>units per therapists = 7 treatment hours per day per therapist) is close > to > >>what we expect. We allow 6.5 hours per day for patient care and expect > >>25-26 units. That may change when we go under PPS, but the fact is that > we > >>exceed 25 units fairly often. This is the expectation for PT and OT. > > > >My question is this: > >How do you define units? Are you consistant we CPT code language or > time? > I.e. PT eval can only be billed once but may involve 3 units of time (in > 15 > min increments). Is that considered 1 unit or 3? How do you account for > documentation time, inservices and other non--patient care activities? > How > does your staff document this information? > > > >Thanks for your insight. > >T > > > >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > >Todd Cepica, P.T. > >Assistant Director > >Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation > >University Medical Center > >Lubbock, Tx 79417 > >Ph: Fax: > >ntc@... > > > > > > > >______________________________________________________________________ > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 1998 Report Share Posted September 17, 1998 For Speech Pathology procedures, why don't you break them into 15 min. increments? Anita Chicago ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: RE: RE: Productivity Author: <ptmanageregroups> at Internet Date: 9/16/98 9:26 PM Mark, Re: the speech therapy, we've found a way to equate " relative value units " to the " procedures in speech therapy which are close to the " average " time units which would be spent on the procedure. This has allowed us to continue tracking " productivity " ......It is also built into the " billing " system. > Re: RE: Productivity > > > >1.Your description of eval would be counted as 3 units. > >2. We track " non-billable " 15 minute units of time as statistics, i.e.,30 > min. of documentation time per day is 2 units, a 1 hr pt. staffing is 4 > units, etc. Then our monthly report tracks total departmental nonbillable > units. We also track missed treatment units the same way in order to get > a > handle on potential lost revenue because of reasons cited by code, ie, > staff > unavailable, patient ill, patient refused, etc. Gives us an idea about > what > are the problems and what can be improved upon to reduce % of missed tx > units in the future. > >>>> Todd Cepica 09/15 12:49 PM >>> > >Mark (and others) > > > >I am referring to the following post: > > > >>Your goal of 140 billable 15 minute units per day for 2 PT's and 3 PTA's > (28 > >>units per therapists = 7 treatment hours per day per therapist) is close > to > >>what we expect. We allow 6.5 hours per day for patient care and expect > >>25-26 units. That may change when we go under PPS, but the fact is that > we > >>exceed 25 units fairly often. This is the expectation for PT and OT. > > > >My question is this: > >How do you define units? Are you consistant we CPT code language or > time? > I.e. PT eval can only be billed once but may involve 3 units of time (in > 15 > min increments). Is that considered 1 unit or 3? How do you account for > documentation time, inservices and other non--patient care activities? > How > does your staff document this information? > > > >Thanks for your insight. > >T > > > >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > >Todd Cepica, P.T. > >Assistant Director > >Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation > >University Medical Center > >Lubbock, Tx 79417 > >Ph: Fax: > >ntc@... > > > > > > > >______________________________________________________________________ > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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