RE: Should therapy admin staff must carry % patient load ?

[Guest guest]

Matt,

You make my point. You can understand and support the needs of the clinic and

the individuals in them without working performing the duties of a staff person.

Nothing wrong with doing so but my point is that it is not necessary to be a

good and effective manager.

BTW- I do work with patients for my own sanitybecause its what I am as a PT.

Marc

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Should therapy admin staff must carry % patient load ?

A small facility. We planing to have two therapy teams and two administrators

overseeing these teams. Both therapy teams have staff strength around 9-12

including PTs, OTs, STs and assistants.

My questions to the group...

In these days of decreasing reimbursements and " do more with less "

Is it justified to have full time administrative staff with no patient care

responsibilities ?

Is it a reasonable expectation for administrative/supervisory staff to carry a

25-50% patient care load ? Specially if the teams are relatively small.

More importantly, is there an Industry standard or statistic that can be

referred to, to justify that administrative staff must carry a compulsory

patient load ..

and

what is the average percentage of case load that administrative/supervisory

staff must carry ?

Thanks

Nat

MI

[Guest guest]

Kudos to you Matt, a man who's willing to get his hands dirty to get the job

done. You're what is known as ... a leader! Unfortunately, you may be a dying

breed as well. Where's your sense of entitlement, man?;-) If you ever decide

to change careers and get into politics, I'd vote for you. Goodness knows

you're sure to surpass most of what we have in Washington now including the

clowns vying for the presidency.

, PT, OCS

Marquette, MI

Should therapy admin staff must carry % patient load ?

A small facility. We planing to have two therapy teams and two administrators

overseeing these teams. Both therapy teams have staff strength around 9-12

including PTs, OTs, STs and assistants.

My questions to the group...

In these days of decreasing reimbursements and " do more with less "

Is it justified to have full time administrative staff with no patient care

responsibilities ?

Is it a reasonable expectation for administrative/supervisory staff to carry a

25-50% patient care load ? Specially if the teams are relatively small.

More importantly, is there an Industry standard or statistic that can be

referred to, to justify that administrative staff must carry a compulsory

patient load ..

and

what is the average percentage of case load that administrative/supervisory

staff must carry ?

Thanks

Nat

MI

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

 

My personal philosophy is to do whatever needs to be done to keep my dept. up

and running. I always say that I can wear any hat from a manager to janitor to

keep my dept. running. At the end of the day, one has to be happy and

fulfilled... Everyone has a style that they are comfortable with.

 

Pam Eluri, PT,MS

To: PTManager

Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 11:02 PM

Subject: Re: Should therapy admin staff must carry % patient load ?

 

Kudos to you Matt, a man who's willing to get his hands dirty to get the job

done. You're what is known as ... a leader! Unfortunately, you may be a dying

breed as well. Where's your sense of entitlement, man?;-) If you ever decide to

change careers and get into politics, I'd vote for you. Goodness knows you're

sure to surpass most of what we have in Washington now including the clowns

vying for the presidency.

, PT, OCS

Marquette, MI

Should therapy admin staff must carry % patient load ?

A small facility. We planing to have two therapy teams and two administrators

overseeing these teams. Both therapy teams have staff strength around 9-12

including PTs, OTs, STs and assistants.

My questions to the group...

In these days of decreasing reimbursements and " do more with less "

Is it justified to have full time administrative staff with no patient care

responsibilities ?

Is it a reasonable expectation for administrative/supervisory staff to carry a

25-50% patient care load ? Specially if the teams are relatively small.

More importantly, is there an Industry standard or statistic that can be

referred to, to justify that administrative staff must carry a compulsory

patient load ..

and

what is the average percentage of case load that administrative/supervisory

staff must carry ?

Thanks

Nat

MI