![]() ![]() ![]() New to physical therapy telehealth? See how WebPT makes providing and billing for remote services a breeze. At WebPT, we’ve seen a significant uptick in the number of our Members who provide telehealth services. Those numbers are insane! And while they are reflective of the entire healthcare community, PTs are certainly represented. In the last week of April, nearly 1.7 million beneficiaries received telehealth services.” In total, CMS has reported that nearly 9 million beneficiaries have received some kind of telehealth treatment between mid-March and mid-June. In fact, according to this Health Affairs article, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, “approximately 13,000 beneficiaries in fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare received telemedicine in a week. Over the course of the last six months, telehealth has transformed from a niche out-of-pocket service to a critical component of any provider’s clinical toolbelt. With COVID-19 still tearing through the United States, prioritizing patient safety is a wonderful trend, and we admire PTs’ dedication to keeping themselves, their peers, and their patients safe and healthy. But nowadays, all PTs are practiced disease control experts, and we’ve seen clinics across the nation going to extreme lengths to keep their patients safe-from donning personal protective equipment (PPE) and disinfecting every surface in the clinic to installing partitions or barriers in shared spaces. Infection and disease control, though important, weren’t really at the forefront of rehab therapists’ safety concerns. Patient safety has always been important to PTs, but it was historically rooted in preventing musculoskeletal overexertion and injury. The first big trend we’ve observed this year is the strong focus on improving patient safety. So, let’s recap seven of the biggest PT trends in 2020. Many of these changes came as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic-but some are poised to make a lasting impact on the future of the rehab therapy industry. Even though we’re only halfway through the year, we’ve seen PTs cycle through all sorts of ups and downs, from shutting down their clinics to widely adopting telehealth. This year has been a roller coaster of change for PTs-and for healthcare workers in general. ![]()
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