WHAT IS BRICK BY BRICK?

A Physical Therapy Practice Management Course

This 8-week, online course is designed for clinicians to learn and begin the necessary steps to found their own clinical practice. The aim of this course is to teach clinicians that beginning their own practice is not as daunting as they may believe, with many tasks being relatively cheap (or free!), electronic, and fast in a manner that does not require paid services such as LegalZoom to accomplish. Students will learn the fundamental, legal steps necessary to begin a business such as drafting articles of incorporation, obtaining a federal employer identification number, and applying for national provider identification numbers.The class will also provide a broad overview of payment models in the profession of physical therapy, including the various types of insurance, cash-based physical therapy, and the emerging business model of hybrid practice. Sessions will be provided specifically on national, state, and regional level payors in order to help students make informed decisions to enroll/credential with those insurances (or not). An extremely detailed lesson on Medicare will be provided, including details on Medicare reimbursement, credentialing/enrollment, and “Do’s & Don’t’s” regarding accepting cash from patients who utilize federally provided insurances like Medicare, Medicaid, TriCare, etc. End-stage sessions of the course will focus on helping students who may be ready to consider beginning independent practice, including discussing necessary clinic “front-end” and “back-end” items needed to officially open for business. The ultimate goal of this course is to prepare clinicians to begin their own practice in an approachable manner that keeps them accountable to stay on track to complete the tasks necessary to begin their business in a time-sensitive manner, while also being able to earn CEUs towards relicensure.

FORMAT

Learn How to Start Your Own Physical Therapy Practice

All content (videos, resources, etc.) is delivered through our online learning platform with discussion facilitated through a private Facebook page. Live video conference calls take place Tuesday evenings at 8 PM EST to discuss each week’s content and dive deeper into the material. Attendance at the Tuesday sessions is certainly encouraged however all sessions are recorded and made available to be viewed whenever is convenient for the learner. At no point throughout the class is it mandatory that you are available at a set time, so there should be minimal interruption to your work and life schedule. For those that cannot attend live, a Google Doc is available for Q&A to be answered at the online meetings. Students can expect to need to dedicate 2 hours per week to class between lecture & homework.

PLEASE NOTE

Our online courses require active participation to be awarded credit which may include reading, homework assignments, and quizzes. We do not allow students to “drop back” to preceding cohorts due to inability to complete work assigned except under extraordinary circumstances. ICE faculty have the final decision in allowing a “drop back” but students are only allowed one “drop back” per course. Failure to complete the course on your 2nd attempt will not yield CEU credit.