articleJan 27, 2016 | 2 min. read
The Most Important Benefit for Your Employees
Ensure your employees stick with you by giving them what they desire most. Regardless of industry, top-notch employees are in high demand. When you find a quality staff member—whether that employee is a tech or therapist—you want to hang on to him or her. But retaining high-quality team members is tricky, and if you fail to do so, your business certainly will suffer. Nowadays, there’s a ton of talk about developing the most attractive benefit packages—that is, …
articleJan 26, 2016 | 2 min. read
Train to Retain: Why Employee Training is the Key to High Retention Rates
New employee training is the foundation for high retention. Here’s how to start newbies off on the right foot. You put a lot of blood, sweat, and tears into finding and hiring great employees. So, it makes sense to do your darndest to keep them at your practice for as long as possible. What you might not realize is that the path to high staff retention actually begins at the end of the hiring process (that is, …
articleJan 25, 2016 | 2 min. read
The No-Stress Formula to Successful Hiring
Does the pressure of filling an open job position have you sweating bullets? Matching a candidate’s skills and abilities to a particular role is no easy feat, but my hiring process strategy can help you shed some of the stress. Physical therapists have a process for just about everything—except hiring. And not having a comprehensive hiring process can be costly for your practice—not only in terms of money, but also with respect to morale. After all, there’s …
articleJan 22, 2016 | 2 min. read
How to Attract Top Talent to Your Practice
Every practice owner wants to hire the crème de la crème. Here’s how to get quality job candidates knocking on your door. Wouldn’t it be great to get the highest-quality job candidates lining up to work at your practice? Well, with a few tweaks to your strategy, that dream might not be that far from reality. It all has to do with curb appeal—that is, how you present your practice to potential candidates. Most companies offer competitive …
articleJan 21, 2016 | 2 min. read
How to Hire for Fit
How can you find those elusive job candidates who truly are the right fit for your practice? When it comes to building a successful PT practice, hiring good employees isn’t just important; it’s essential. But finding the right candidate for each job often is one of the biggest challenges practice owners face. Why is it so difficult to find someone who’s the right fit? Many times, it’s because finding the perfect person for the job means looking …
articleJan 14, 2016 | 3 min. read
The Legality of Performance-Based Employee Incentive Programs in Rehab Therapy Practices
The concept of pay-for-performance (PFP)—that is, the idea that an individual receives payment based on what he or she produces—seems very American to me and is certainly part of our capitalistic society. To use a sports analogy, a professional athlete who is one of the top performers in his or her sport commands higher compensation than an average or poor performer. So, why would therapy practice owners, directors, and executives not consider offering salary/compensation rates based on …
articleJan 6, 2016 | 9 min. read
Dipping a Toe into the Out-of-Network Waters: The ActivCore Model
As regulations intensify, reimbursements dwindle, and patients take greater control of their health care, interest in cash-pay services and cash-based practice models has increased, especially among physical therapists. For years, we here at WebPT have kept a pulse on the cash trend, sharing hard-hitting pieces by Ann Wendel and Jarod Carter. Recently, we discovered a new out-of-network model—one that’s complementary to the in-network model most practices already have. This setup allows providers to dip their proverbial toes …
webinarJan 5, 2016
Can You Hear Me Now? The Physical Therapist's Guide to Giving and Receiving Feedback at Work
Feedback: everyone wants it. Professional feedback, in particular, helps us become better employees, managers, peers, and providers. It’s mission-critical when it comes to improving patient care and exceeding business objectives. Why, then, are we rarely getting the feedback we need or giving others the feedback they deserve? And when we do deliver feedback, why doesn’t it always have the desired effect? On January 26, Dr. Heidi Jannenga will team up with special guest and renowned leadership coach …
articleJan 4, 2016 | 2 min. read
Adjusting Your Perspective on Referrals
Running a business can be challenging, and the world of private practice physical therapy is no exception. Every business needs to have customers, and although it seems strange to hope for injured people to walk through our doors, that’s exactly what we—as private practice owners and therapists—do. So, how do we get more patients? By appreciating the ones we already have. Often, we dismiss successes through statements like, “We had just two new patients this week!” The …
articleDec 22, 2015 | 3 min. read
What PTs Must Know About Holiday Gift-Giving
It’s December, which means the holidays are here—and this typically is the time of year that our thoughts turn to gift-giving. We’ve talked about this before, but I thought this would be a good opportunity to remind you of a few considerations to keep in mind as you give gifts to employees, patients, referring physicians, and other providers. As we’ve discussed in the past , when giving gifts to referral sources, the primary area of concern is …
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