- Gain an understanding of when your providers perform their documentation. Are they burning the midnight oil or getting notes done promptly during the day? Identifying these patterns can assist you in reevaluating policies and training your staff more thoroughly.
- Observe the time period between document creation and signing. It’s important to keep an eye on the average time between the point when your providers create documentation and the moment when they sign and close the documents. Not only should they be following the 48-hour rule per CMS guidelines, but a quick turnaround in documentation contributes to efficient clinic operations, a quicker revenue cycle, and simplified payroll. TheraPlan’s payroll module offers a convenient way to oversee this pattern for each provider.
- Maintain transparency with your therapists. Communicating with your staff about the details of their pay can become a never-ending endeavor when you don’t have an electronic version of payroll. With TheraPlan, any provider can access their personal payroll details at any time. This erases the need for constant oversight and unnecessary emails or phone calls. Your therapists will be thrilled to know exactly how much they are getting paid and when, and to have access to their payroll history.
Using TheraPlan’s New Functionality for Your Therapy Clinic Payroll
We know that one of the most overwhelming responsibilities you have as a therapy clinic owner is keeping track of pay for your therapists.
Our most recent software release includes a comprehensive payroll module designed to ease the burden on clinic owners, answer therapists’ questions, and provide a transparent process for all parties.
A payroll system that is integrated with an EMR, like that which we have designed in TheraPlan, offers a means of quickly and accurately paying your providers. By contrast, in a paper-based clinic, accurate payroll depends on frequent and detailed communication with providers. As your practice grows, this quickly becomes cumbersome for you and your administrative staff.
Our EMR shows you the total number of complete and incomplete documents for each provider, including evaluations, reevaluations, and daily progress notes. This means you don’t have to track down any missing documentation or ask your therapists to clarify their hours during a particular pay period. Accuracy is built in to TheraPlan.
Aside from the efficiency this provides for your payroll process, there are additional perks to using our payroll module. It allows you to:
