Episode 34: PT Has a Capacity Problem. Hybrid Care is the Answer
Net Health's Ben Barron on the 12,000-therapist shortage, what CMS' proposed RTM changes would mean for rural practices, and how to create access to physical therapists' expertise starting today.
The physical therapy profession is 12,000 therapists short, with no catch-up projected until 2037 at the earliest. Demand is climbing. Filling the schedule is not the problem. We should be focused on how to serve more of the community with the therapists we already have.
Ben Barron is a physical therapist, former co-owner of a 23-clinic orthopedic private practice, and an executive at Net Health. He…
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