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Direct access physical therapy is your opportunity to be evaluated and treated by a licensed physical therapist without first seeing your physician for a prescription. If payment is approved by your insurance company, direct access is your opportunity to save time and money, thereby expediting your treatment, relief, and recovery.
Direct access is described in depth by the American Physical Therapy Association as follows:
What does patient access to physical therapist’s services without referral mean and why is it needed?
Patient access to physical therapist’s services without referral means the removal of the physician referral mandated by state law to access physical therapist’s services. 48 states have granted consumers the freedom to seek physical therapy treatment without a referral. Currently, a referral is required by state law to initiate treatment by a licensed physical therapist in 2 states.
This referral mandate causes delays in the provision of physical therapist’s services to individuals who would benefit from treatment by a physical therapist. Delays in care result in higher cost, decreased functional outcomes, and frustration to patients seeking physical therapy treatment. Eliminating the referral mandate results in timely, and thus more effective, physical therapists’ services.
Are physical therapists qualified to deliver physical therapists’ services independent of referral?
Absolutely, Physical therapists are educated at the post-baccalaureate level and receive extensive education and clinical training in the examination, evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis, and intervention of patient/clients with functional limitations, impairments and disabilities.
Did you know…
-Private insurance doesn’t require a script from your doctor
-You have a choice on what physical therapist you would like to see to do your rehabilitation
-YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE ON A WAITING LIST TO GET YOUR PAIN TAKEN CARE OF?
COME SEE YOUR HOMETOWN PHYSICAL THERAPIST TODAY!
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