Anita Said:

Im a chiropractor and i want to be a physical therapist?

We Answered:

Oh Come On - you're so much more useful to us as a chiropractor!

Shane Said:

What is a good school to get a bachelors degree in physical therapy in new jersey?

We Answered:

there are none

Clifford Said:

we're buying a physical therapy business in New Jersey - but we are not PT?

We Answered:

It's kind of hard to explain unless you know something about physical therapy, but your greatest concerns are going to be about Medicare regulations which often different from state regulations. If you violate either, you could be in a heap of trouble. These should be some concepts you should understand:
1. The Medicare cap on therapy services
2. Understanding levels of supervision of PTs, PTAs, techs and students and what you can and cannot bill for each of these professionals. It will be different for medicare patients, public aid patients, and private insurance.
3. Understand the group therapy is generally not reimbursable by medicare (ie, therapist cannot have more than one patient at a time)
4. Get a good understanding of billing procedures, CPT codes, etc. Know that certain companies do not pay for certain treatements, know that medicare has regulations on different combinations of charges which can or cannot be combined (for instance, cannot bill manual therapy and mechanical traction in the same visit).
5. You will need to have liability coverage for your facility and also for the individual therapists (or at least make sure they have their own policy).

...there are many, many more regulations and policies...many of them arbitrary and insane. Keeping them straight between medicare and state regulations can be quite confusing.

I'd probably get a good director or clinic manager who understands these things. But you yourself may want to attend seminars on complaince and billing procedures.

...I'd also get a good lawyer

Joann Said:

which schools in new jersey are good for physical therapy and biology?

We Answered:

In my opinion, you want to get a graduate degree in PT; you should avoid bio as your undergrad. Just take the bio classes you need. Look at kinesiology, exercise science, health science, rehab science, or athletic training.

Pre reqs include one year of the following gen bio, gen chem, gen physics, A and P, math potentially up to calc, stats, and psy.

Here is the link to schools that offer PT

http://www.apta.org/AM/Template.cfm?sect…

New Jersey
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Graduate School Camden and University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (A4, D6, F1, PU)
Seton Hall University (D6, PR)
The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey (A2, D6, F1, PU)
University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (D6, F1, PU)

New York
Clarkson University (A2, A4, D6, F1, PR)
College of Staten Island/The Graduate Center (CUNY) (A4, D6, F1, PU)
Columbia University (A4, D6, F1, PR)
D'Youville College (A4, D6, F1, PR)
Daemen College (A2, D6, F1, PR)
Dominican College of Blauvelt (A1, D6, F3, PR)
Hunter College/The Graduate Center (CUNY) (A4, D6, F1, PU)
Ithaca College (A2, D6, F1, PR)
Long Island University - Brooklyn Campus (A4, D6, F1, PR)
Mercy College (D6, F3, PR)
Nazareth College of Rochester (A2, D6, F1, PR)
New York Institute of Technology (A2, A4, D6, F1, PR)
New York Medical College (A4, D6, F1, PR)
New York University (A4, D6, F1, PR)
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center (D6, F1, F4, PU)
State University of New York Upstate Medical University (A4, D6, F1, PU)
Stony Brook University (A4, D6, F1, PU)
The Sage Colleges (A2, A4, D6, E2, F1, PR)
Touro College (D6, E1, E3, F1, PR)
University at Buffalo, State University of New York (D6, F1, PU)
Utica College (A2, D6, F1, PR)