Starting and Managing Your Own Physical Therapy Practice (Paperback)

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Product Description

This basic handbook on how to start up a private physical therapy practice is a hands-on guide for any physical therapist who is contemplating or preparing to go out on his/her own. Starting and Managing Your Own Physical Therapy Practice is a one-of-a-kind guide that offers insight into the how’s, what’s, and where’s of private business and gives the practitioner enough information and insight to veer him/her in the proper direction. This book is a guide map, a tool developed to open your eyes to what is necessary to open and run your own, successful practice. Insights and ideas are taken from the author’s twenty plus years of professional and business practice in many venues from large hospital facilities and corporate therapy groups to private practice enterprises.

Includes coverage on the following topics: banking relationships, securing advisors, costs, medicare, marketing, advertising and promotion, and coding. It also contains an extensive appendices that includes sample financial statements, income statements, cash flow statements, fee schedules, and payment policies.

From the Foreword:

"In an extremely organized approach and with the inclusion of many practical resources available through the web and many sample forms, the author has managed to present a great deal of material in easily understandable ways. Wasted hours and many mistakes will be avoided by using this book as a personal private practice mentorship."

-- Marilyn Moffat, PT, PhD, FAPTA, CSCS
Professor, Physical Therapy Department
New York University

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc.; 1 edition (August 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0763726311
• ISBN-13: 978-0763726317
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #47,651 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most reliable road map for physical therapy entrepreneurs, December 30, 2007

By	Dr. Yuval Lirov "Medical Billing Networks and... (New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Don't read this book if your physical therapy practice is already profitable and is steadily growing or if you can allocate over fifty thousand hours to gain practical experience and earn both a doctorate in physical therapy and an MBA.

Esterson's combined experience and education position him as an ideal mentor for any physical therapy entrepreneur. The book's 15 chapters cover everything you need to know to start and grow your own practice, from testing your motivation and personal attitude, to selection of name and corporate type, to budget analysis, to managing business bank account, to writing a winning business plan, to building your management team, to selecting the best location, space, and equipment, to medical billing, to marketing your practice to patients and doctors, to working with managed care payers, to compliant and audit-safe coding, to hiring and managing employees, and measuring your success. Over 40 pages of various forms make a useful addition to this most reliable road map for physical therapy entrepreneurs.

Yuval Lirov, Practicing Profitability - Billing Network Effect for Revenue Cycle Control in Healthcare Clinics and Chiropractic Offices: Collections, Audit Risk, SOAP Notes, Scheduling, Care Plans, and Coding

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!, January 21, 2007

By	S. Mitzner (United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have thoroughly enjoyed and read this wonderful masterpiece of a how-to-book! A great buy for anyone interested in starting and managing their own physical therapy practice.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Resource!, March 28, 2008

By	Leanna J. Dailey "PT student" (Augusta, GA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This is an excellent resource in starting your own practice. I am using it for a project, but I would highly recommend it. It has some great practical ideas and suggestions.