What to Look for in Physical Therapy Software

1. What to Look for in Physical Therapy Software

2. Introduction As with any other medical practice, physical therapists also require a fully integrated specialty-specific EMR solution that offers functionality different from software programs geared towards primary care and related specialties. A suitable EHR framework helps the therapists to improve patient care and reduce traditional paper recording of patient data. An EMR system for these practices should help therapists to integrate and streamline all aspects of patient care. While there may be some features similar to the ones offered in primary care software, a physiotherapy EMR program must support robust documentation, billing, scheduling, treatment plans, compliance, and assessments for multiple patients being seen on a regular and recurring basis. www.softwarefinder.com 02

3. Simple, Robust, and Customizable Documentation • A physical therapy practice management software should allow for fast and simple note-taking, accelerating the entire physical therapy documentation process. • This will enable therapists to focus on patients instead of note-taking. • Look out for a system that allows you to create a tailor-fit documentation template and control your notes’ objective and subjective aspects. www.softwarefinder.com 03

4. Faster Billing • As it is hard for medical practitioners to deal with the billing tasks, a physical therapy billing software should allow clinicians to perform quick billing and reduce the overall time to complete a task. • Therapists should be able to bill the claims and follow up with the patients to increase referrals. • A claim should be automatically scrubbed and submitted to the billing software for biller review. • An ideal EMR system enables billers to push a button to edit and scrub the claim against millions of pre-programmed payer rules. With another click, the claims should be submitted to the insurance company electronically. www.softwarefinder.com 03

5. Alert System • The billing system of a physical therapy EMR solution should have an automated alert system that notifies users to append the KX modifier if a patient exceeds the therapeutic gap. • This prevents denials from payers who cite the reason “Maximum Benefits Reached.” • Additionally, there should be alerts for upcoming reevaluations, progress notes, documents that need to be reviewed, physician clarification requests, and canceled appointments. www.softwarefinder.com 03

6. Conclusion • So if you think these features would be appropriate for you and your practice, but are not fully sure you can go ahead and give us a call so we can provide you with a free consultation. Call us on (681) 384-7070 and talk to one of our representatives for a better idea about this EMR system! www.softwarefinder.com 03

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