New Practice

[AKA]

I'm working with a provider who just bought another physical therapy practice. The physical therapy practice is out-of-network and uses WebPT and the provider I am working with will also be out-of-network and will be using WebPT. Question, the current physical therapists will remain and continue to see their current patients, but since it will be under a new company name how should they continue to do notes? Should they write a new initial evaluation for their current patient under the new company and then continue to do daily notes? Hope this question isn't too confusing.

[kristin]

I am not sure this is what you are looking for, but the patients would not be "new" to therapists they have been already seeing, they would still be existing patients, even under the new practice. So I don't see why they would need to do initial evaluations all over again.

[Michele]

Kristin is right.  Initial eval is not appropriate even though practice name, EIN and NPI are changing.  Pt is not new to the therapist.  I've actually seen a provider who moved from one practice to another who saw a patient over two years later at the new practice and insurance denied the visit because they billed as a new patient.