HBROCKMAN
Networker
My physicians have a P.T. group that we bill under our physicians provider numbers, with the exception of Medicare where the therapists do have their own provider numbers. The Physical Therapists have been approached by numerous outside physicians asking if they will see their patients, but they do not want the patient to have to see our physician first. I can not find any information telling me that they cannot do this...but I also can not find anything that says this is ok. And since my physicians have always signed off on our patients plan of care's with the P.T. dept...how can they do this for patients that they are not even going to be treating..?? Is this even something they can do? While trying to find out the answer to this I did see a lot about the APTA trying to ban offices from having their own P.T. groups altogether...so I am really not sure how they feel about outside physicians referring patients to a POPT. If there is someone out there that is or is not doing this please reply with what you have found...thank you so much!!
Heather
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