1st – Take Care Of Yourself.
Keep your mind, body & spirit in good shape. Put on your own oxygen mask FIRST (otherwise you’ll be no good to anyone else).
Sleep
Nutrition
Exercise
Prayer/Meditation
2nd – Take Care Of Your Spouse/Family.
Have a Schedule/ Routine to Maintain a Sense of Normalcy + Remember How Best To “Talk” Your Partner/Spouse’s Love Language
- If you haven’t read the book “The 5 Love Languages” by Dr. Gary Chapman, check out this site for the fast track.
3rd – Take Care Of Your Business.
Only Make Decisions Based on Credible Sources of Information
Downloadable resources to print and use in your clinic
Your local government (state or province site)
For example, many have specific sections or separate websites now dedicated to COVID-19 within the Dept of Health:
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) – Coronavirus Page
Specifically for Physical Therapy…
Private Practice Section (PPS) of the APTA
A comprehensive (and continually updated) FAQ doc about Covid-19 and your Private Practice
Your state chapter, for example:
Compliance Advice – Business & Clinical Management Services, Inc. (BCMS)
Mary Daulong is the “Queen of Compliance” (and a PT herself).
Legal Advice – Straight from Lawyers
Paul Welk of Tucker Arensberg (Corporate & Health Law Lawyer – and he’s also a PT) – he is highly recommended in our PT network
Scott Leah of Tucker Arensberg (Employment Lawyer Expert – colleague of Paul Welk’s)… go straight to employment lawyers specifically for advice on employee matters
Finances – Have a plan.
Have a Schedule/ Routine to Maintain a Sense of Normalcy + Remember How Best To “Talk” Your Partner/Spouse’s Love Language
The “Grey to Black Plan”
Chad’s Pro Forma worksheet tool -> found in the “Files” section of the Facebook group
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) – COVID-19 guidance and loan info
Consider looking up state-specific small business relief loans or work share programs via the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) site
The Cash Stress Test PLUS full access to a bunch of tools for 3 months to help your business during the COVID-19 crisis (shared from Verne Harnish of Scaling Up)
Go to the link and enter 6 numbers from your financials. Then login and click on the “Stress Test My Business” button and follow the instructions.
3/27/20 Interview with Bob Kowalick on Accounts Receivable, Billing for Telehealth, and all things Stimulus Package. As a PT himself, and former Practice Owner, Bob is passionate about helping Private Practice PT’s get paid more and get paid faster with his company Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC formerly known as Certified Reimbursement Solutions, LLC.
Bob Kowalick’s contact – [email protected]
The COVID-19 Stimulus Package: The Senate Bill: To provide emergency assistance and health care response for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.
Personnel… Don’t Hide! It’s All About Conversations
Have a the tough conversations. Be human and understanding, we are in this together.
- The 6 Step Framework for Communication with Staff
- 3/23/20 Chad’s video walkthrough of Paul Welk’s Employment Docs… “Personnel Decisions: Layoff, Furlough, Reductions in Pay or Hours”
- Got the OK from Paul Welk to share these two docs (posted as PDFs – look in “Files” section in the FB group)
- 3/19/20 Paul Welk Guidelines – Coronavirus/COVID-19: – General Considerations for Physical Therapy Private Practices
- 3/19/20 Paul Welk Guidelines – Coronavirus/COVID-19 Legal Update on Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”)1
- Got the OK from Paul Welk to share these two docs (posted as PDFs – look in “Files” section in the FB group)
- 3/25/20 BCMS’s SIPA Issue 278 – March 25, 2020 – HR Related Decisions During COVID-19
3/26/20 Breakthrough’s COVID-19 Webcast #2: How To Best Navigate Employment Law Issues Relating To The Pandemic (special guest, Scott Leah, Employment Lawyer)
Other PT, Business & COVID-19 Resources
We are here to help your Physical Therapy business survive and thrive. Community is the best remedy.
- 3/19/20 Breakthrough’s COVID-19 Webcast #1: Best Practices for Navigating Your Physical Therapy Clinic Through Crisis (special guest, Mike Lewis, practice owner)
- 3/14/20 Interview with Mike Lewis, practice owner and currently earning his PhD in Healthcare Leadership. Mike’s Physical Therapy clinic is 3.5 miles from the Seattle nursing home where the first US cases of COVID-19 popped up. This interview kicked off “How to Handle COVID-19 at Ground Zero”
- 3/16/20 Interview with Tom Dalonzo-Baker, previous practice owner and founder of Total Motion Release (TMR), discussing how to implement a simple system for telehealth PT treatment.
- Facebook Group Post
- Special Offer! Access to free training at totalmotionrelease.com
- 3/25/20 BCMS’s SIPA Issue 277 – March 25, 2020 — CORVID-19, New Symptoms, Telehealth, E-Visits
- Patient/Employee Questionnaire that you can provide to everyone to determine their exposure risk (in “Files” section of FB group)
- Facility Message to use for communication with patients/staff regarding Corvid-19. The first is a patient statement that you can customize (in “Files” section of FB group)
- Patient Decision Tree – which is essentially a guideline on how to implement/utilize the patient questionnaire (in “Files” section of FB group)
- Facility Decision Tree – basically the guideline for how to implement/utilize the questionnaire for employees (in “Files” section of FB group)
Full article from the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery stating that evidence is rapidly accumulating from sites around the world that anosmia (smell blindness) and dysgeusia (distortion of the sense of taste) are significant symptoms associated with the COVID-19 pandemic (in “Files” section of FB group)