Medicare’s Message Is Clear: Hospitals Get Paid More, PTs Must Become More Valuable

Let's meet one-on-one: Meet with Dimi-----------------------------------------------------------------------------CMS is proposing higher hospital payments and a nationwide CJRX bundle for joint replacements.In this episode, Dr. Dimitrios Kostopoulos explains why outpatient PT must stop acting like a commodity and start proving measurable value through outcomes, diagnostics, and primary care physical therapy.Learn how bundled payments, 90-day recovery, and value-based care are reshaping the future of rehab.Highlights:00:00 - Medicare payment proposal and CJRX overview00:41 - What CJRX means for the 90-day episode03:24 - Why hospitals are still pushing for more04:02 - Outpatient PT gets squeezed on reimbursement05:21 - CJRX expansion and recovery accountability06:39 - Hospitals will value every provider touching the patient07:55 - When PT is viewed as a cost09:38 - Diagnostics are essential to future PT value12:47 - Primary care PT in post-op recovery21:53 - What practice owners should do now #handsondiagnostics #yourpracticeyourmoney #podcast #DrDimitriosKostopoulos #physicaltherapy #diagnostics #Medicare #CMS #CJRX #bundledpayments #valuebasedcare #primarycarephysicaltherapy #jointreplacement #healthcareeconomics #musculoskeletal #reimbursementFor more episode info, head over to:Your Practice Your Money-----------------------------------------------------------------------------If you find value in this podcast, please leave a review and share it with friends and colleagues.Join us in building a community of empowered private practice owners.Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform, including Spotify.Join us next Thursday for another new episode, more insights and strategies to make this your most successful year ever.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Inspirational Corporate by MaxKoMusic | https://maxkomusic.com/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unportedhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US