PHYSICAL THERAPY DOCUMENTATION
Electronic Medical Records System Streamlines PT Management
Nitin Chhoda shows how physical therapy businesses through the use of electronic medical records, can streamline their practice and drastically improve their productivity and cash flow with relative ease. More and more hospitals and doctors’ offices are storing... read more
Physical Therapy Management Best Practices Using EMR System
Adopting a multi-faceted approach to running a physical therapy EMR practice allows more streamlined and productive business. Nitin Chhoda shares how an effective scheduling, documentation, billing and marketing, with the help of EMR, are very important in a private... read more
Healthcare from the Government – Your Biggest Payer, Part 2
Medicare is the biggest government payer practitioners will deal with, but it’s by no means the only one. Government-operated health insurance encompasses many other programs and in this second of a two-part series, Nitin Chhoda addresses other government-sponsored... read more
Medicare: The Government – Your Biggest Payer, Part 1
Clinicians will contract with many commercial insurance providers during their careers, but the heavy hitters of reimbursements are government-backed insurance plans. In this informative two-part series, Nitin Chhoda examines programs operated by the federal... read more
How an EMR Can Lead to Your Personal Freedom
Implementing the EMR technology is essential in the 21st century for clinicians to convert to digital records, submit reimbursement claims and get paid. EMR expert, Nitin Chhoda, was one of the first to use the software and is sharing his expertise on the many ways an... read more
The Ins and Outs of Your Clearinghouse
Clearinghouse represents the first step on a reimbursement claim’s journey toward money in a clinician’s pocket, but a lot can happen once it’s transmitted from the practitioner’s office. In this revealing article, Nitin Chhoda provides an inside look at factors that... read more
Referral and Preauthorization: A Jump Start
An increasing number of healthcare insurance companies are requiring preauthorizations and referrals before they’ll pay for testing and treatments. Even though the onus is typically on the patient to provide proof of either before seeking treatment, clinicians should... read more
Medical Terms Talking the Talk and How to “Get” Them, Part 1
Nitin Chhoda shares how to use prefixes, suffixes and roots to determine the anatomy of medical terminology. Thanks to a diversity of TV programs, some medical terms have found their way into common usage. Most people know the meaning of IV and stat, but medical terms... read more