Any information or comments are greatly appreciated. There is a way to avoid PT burnout and complete control by insurance. Stand up and let them know you are not going to do it. This simplistic view is what has to be at the core of changing attitudes of those controlling insurance. Physicians are grouping together in some locations and simply telling insurance companies that they will practice medicine the way it should be practiced.
Attitudinal change takes time.
But I believe that we are starting to see an upswing now. Patients are starting to recognize what's happening at the chop shops who simply funnel as many patients in and out as possible. I still love my job and would do nothing else in the world but P.T. as long as I am able to do, but at the same time this is the first time in my career that I have been worried about the future of the profession. I think that you have no worries as far as having a job in the future, I just feel that it is in the process of being redefined, which I hate to see happen. My name is Vicki and I will be applying to P.T. programs this fall.