Hi, I’m Michael H. Cohen. I’m founding attorney at Cohen Healthcare Law Group. We provide legal strategies and solutions to businesses that accelerate health and wellness. Today’s video, we’ll talk about legal strategies for physical therapists. It should come as no surprise that physical therapists, like many other healthcare providers, face a lot of legal challenges in their practice.

And today we’re going to talk about some of these key strategies and of course some strategies to address these issues. So, first of all, state Practice Act. The scope of practice can be very, very specific. So, we’ve helped physical therapists launch their practice, looking at what crosses the line to unauthorized versus authorized procedures.

Second: informed consent is we’ve said elsewhere on our blog and in these videos, it has to be really specific. It can’t be too generic, otherwise you’re not really giving proper informed consent, and that can be a basis for malpractice lawsuit.

Thirdly, documentation. Good documentation is key. It’s one of the first things a board will look at.

What is your record keeping? Say, do you have good record keeping protocols and are you ensuring continuity of care if anything happens in your practice? Neglecting these legal responsibilities? It can seem like a small thing, but as we know in front of a regulator, it can blow up into a big thing. So, it’s important to consult an experienced healthcare lawyer who has worked with a lot of physical therapy practices so they can maximize the value you get out of the legal consultation.

If you’d like to dive deeper into any of the topics we’ve talked about today, reach out to us. Click below. We’d love to talk to you. We look forward to it.