Physical Therapy Clinic/Center
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About this specialty
An entity, facility, or distinct part of a facility providing diagnostic and treatment services related to physical rehabilitation. Physical therapy is a dynamic profession with an established theoretical and scientific base and widespread clinical applications in the restoration, maintenance, and promotion of optimal physical function. Physical therapists and physical therapist assistants are licensed health care professionals who are experts in the movement system and help individuals maintain, restore, and improve movement, activity, and functioning, thereby enabling optimal performance and enhancing health, well-being, and quality of life. Their services prevent, minimize, or eliminate impairments of body functions and structures, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. Physical therapy is provided for individuals of all ages who have or may develop impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions related to (1) conditions of the musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, cardiovascular, pulmonary, and/or integumentary systems or (2) the negative effects attributable to unique personal and environmental factors as they relate to human performance.
Source: Guide to PT Practice 3.0 [1/1/2020: definition added] Additional resources: http://guidetoptpractice.apta.org/ ; American Physical Therapy Association, www.apta.org.
Highest Medicare-paid providers
| Provider | Location | Medicare paid |
|---|---|---|
| JAVIER OBREGON | KEY BISCAYNE, FL | $361,848 |
| JOEL SCHERR, R.P.T | LOS ANGELES, CA | $293,042 |
| SAMUEL SLEPIAN | FAR ROCKAWAY, NY | $220,982 |
| TAMER GAD, PHYSICAL THERAPIST | FOREST HILLS, NY | $202,142 |
| MARY RACHEL LOZADA, PT | BERGENFIELD, NJ | $183,175 |
| VICTOR LIDAYWA, DPT | MACOMB, IL | $180,746 |
| RICHARD ORSINI, P.T. | STATEN ISLAND, NY | $179,331 |
| DONGCHANG YANG, DPT | SAN GABRIEL, CA | $178,758 |
| MELLANY ILAGAN-ADAMSON, PT | HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA | $163,727 |
| JANA POKORA, DPT | SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA | $147,648 |
Ranked by total Medicare payments — a measure of billing volume, not care quality.
Taxonomy definitions from the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (public domain). Provider counts derived from NPPES; payment figures from CMS Medicare data. Not affiliated with CMS, NPPES, NUCC, or any government agency.