Comprehensive platform ideal for small and mid-size PT/OT/ST clinics
Updated April 01, 2024

Comprehensive platform ideal for small and mid-size PT/OT/ST clinics

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Modules Used

  • EMR
  • Electronic Benefit Verification
  • Digital Patient Intake
  • Online Scheduling
  • Home Exercise Program
  • Billing Software
  • Analytics

Overall Satisfaction with WebPT

All of our clinics use WebPT's EMR, billing, and patient outreach solutions. WebPT works for us for our entire patient process, from intake to discharge. WebPT allows us to receive intake forms electronically, which are added directly to a patient's chart, schedule and send reminders out via email/SMS text, document patient treatment and upload other documents, bill claims and patient statements, receive payments and reach out for automatic follow-ups or satisfaction surveys.

Pros

  • Comprehensive scheduling
  • Wholly customizable documentation/templates
  • Self-managed billing & claims
  • Immediate and competent support available by chat
  • Lots of automation for patient contact

Cons

  • WebPT's self-managed billing solution (Therabill) can be clunky and disorganized
  • Service outages do happen about once a month or so for 1-3 hours, with limited functionality
  • WebPT's billing department can be slow to respond/fix issues
  • Greatly improved claim billing and appealing efficiency
  • Reliable scheduling with relatively few bugs/dropped appointments
  • Higher technical barrier to entry than alternative methods
  • Highly customizable documentation options, though sometimes too customizable
WebPT has helped us update to modern standards of documentation and record-keeping. Its comprehensive suite of products has kept our workflows streamlined and efficient, while having ample support to help us in the times when things went wrong. Before WebPT we were still doing documentation on paper forms, faxing paper, and billing through antiquated software from the early 2000s. Once we committed to an upgrade, WebPT was great in assigning people to aid in migrating us and getting every bit of data we could keep into WebPT's system. Now we know that our data is secure and organized at all times.
Absolutely, WebPT's connected platform has significantly enhanced our patient experience. One key feature is the ability to send automated text reminders. This drastically reduces no-shows and keeps patients engaged in their care plan. Previously, appointment reminders relied on phone calls, which were time-consuming and less effective. Another great feature is the waitlist function. Patients can now easily add themselves to a waitlist for appointments, ensuring they get scheduled quickly for cancellations. This streamlines scheduling and eliminates the need for them to call constantly to check for openings. These are just a couple of examples of how WebPT's platform has refined the patient experience at our practice.
We were stuck using separate services for scheduling, billing, and processing claims while also still using paper documentation. Having all of our records and services running through one comprehensive platform like WebPT greatly increased efficiency and allowed us to focus more on patient care and growth as a company. The configurability of WebPT has been particularly valuable as our practice has grown. We've been able to easily adapt the platform to our specific needs, such as by customizing automated reports and streamlining our referral process. This adaptability ensures WebPT continues to meet our evolving needs as we provide exceptional care to more patients.
WebPT does notice information that may be missing in the documentation process that would be needed for certain types of coverage, like Medicare. It also comes with a knowledge base that attempts to find explanations of claim rejections and solutions to resolve them. We have greatly trimmed down the amount of manual entry that needs to be done because claim information is pulled directly from the EMR records. This has allowed us to focus entirely on authorization issues and claim denials.
Acuity is a wonderful and cheap scheduling solution that performs many of the same features WebPT's scheduler does, some better and some worse. However, Acuity is definitely designed more for small clinics or other small client-focused businesses. It took a lot of ingenuity to customize it for our use, and in the end, it was only useful for scheduling and appointment reminders. We were previously using Tiger Misys from Allscripts for over 10 years prior to WebPT, and while it was a detailed interface for claim/billing records, it was extremely outdated and not user-friendly at all. It has since been discontinued.

Do you think WebPT delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with WebPT's feature set?

Yes

Did WebPT live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of WebPT go as expected?

No

Would you buy WebPT again?

Yes

WebPT is a well-priced comprehensive solution for physical therapy clinics of small-to-midsize. It could use more support for occupational/speech therapy combined clinics and may not be ideal for large businesses that can afford more directly catered solutions. However, it is a stable and multipurpose platform with a great deal of options for PT/OT/ST clinics nonetheless. It allows you and your staff to completely manage the entire patient process digitally and with a great deal of connectivity between different phases of the patient process. This avoids the inefficiencies of relying on paper documentation and communication issues and saves time with the automation available for scheduling and patient outreach.

Using WebPT

45 - Scheduling, patient intake, documentation, billing, claims handling, and authorizations.
45 - General computer use skills are needed, but WebPT has a great deal of training material and reference guides provided all along the site to aid in learning its usage. Otherwise we generally just need a couple people who are broad experts on the entire platform for immediate aid, but WebPT also has a chat support at the ready on any part of the site.
  • Scheduling
  • Billing/Claim
  • Documentation
  • Using Reach to send email/text alerts out for sudden closures or other events
  • making custom calendars for students and aides
  • Incorporating the HEP exercises into more treatments
  • Allowing for patient self-scheduling
  • Using Reach for more patient outreach
We are fully integrated with WebPT. While we could transfer to other services, we are so far quite satisfied with all the features available for the cost we pay. We will absolutely continuing renewing our subscription with WebPT and will likely do so for years, unless some major change were to get in the way of things.

Evaluating WebPT and Competitors

Yes - We previously used Acuity Scheduling (a Square service) for calendars/scheduling patients and Tiger Misys and Payerpath through Allscripts for claims management and billing. Acuity was alright but not built for a company of our size. Whereas Tiger Misys was being reaching end-of-life so we had to migrate to a new service regardless.
  • Scalability
  • Integration with Other Systems
  • Ease of Use
The most important feature was how comprehensive and well-integrated WebPT is with its other related services. We needed a service that could integrate with a claims billing system. WebPT and Therabill integrate seamlessly to allow for sessions in WebPT to carry over in Therabill for billing. This simplifies our workflow tremendously.
Onboarding felt a bit rushed. There were questions we had that got answers to, but were not able to verify until much later, whereby we discovered some features we were told of were not implemented or not available. Our migration was pretty big, so it took longer than most clinics do for them, but even so it would have been better to be allotted more time with our onboarding specialist to get everything completely up and ready.

WebPT Implementation

We were transitioning from paper documentation and billing through software that could only export data in a formatted .txt document. That meant any migration of data was going to be a massive pain. However, our assigned migration support from WebPT stuck with us throughout the entire ordeal and even would take on some of the work I had to do in formatting data to try and get us fully transitioned over without stress.
  • Converting formatted .txt files into Excel databases
  • Cleaning the data to ensure accuracy
  • Combining data from different sources into one spreadsheet
  • scanning paper charts

WebPT Training

WebPT has its entire separate platform for training, containing many different guides, tutorials, and video references to help you become familiar and competent with the software suites. This includes having various demonstrations that allow you to click and navigate pages in the ways you would actually do it in WebPT.

WebPT also gives you a sandbox company in the actual website to tinker with and trial things out. This makes it easy to catch and avoid errors you would have otherwise made with active patient data/schedules.

WebPT Support

I'd rate WebPT's support a 9. A major reason for this high rating is their friendly and knowledgeable chat support, available throughout business hours. Whenever we've had a question, connecting with a representative through chat has been quick and easy. The support staff consistently provides clear and helpful solutions, minimizing downtime and ensuring our clinic operations run smoothly.
ProsCons
Quick Resolution
Good followup
Knowledgeable team
Problems get solved
Kept well informed
No escalation required
Immediate help available
Support understands my problem
Support cares about my success
None
WebPT does not have premium support. They offer their best support with the baseline subscription.
Yes - Throughout the few years we've been on WebPT, we've experienced various bugs. An update will come out, and at times a small bug will come with it. Fortunately, even without reporting it immediately, these issues are often fixed within the business day, if not within an hour or two. WebPT's support works diligently to solve any issue we report, even if they can't fix it right away and have to escalate the issue.
One area where WebPT's support truly shines is with complex billing issues. We sometimes encounter those frustrating "kickback errors" containing technical jargon that's beyond our expertise. For instance, we recently received an error referencing an obscure EDI loop and segment issue.

Their billing support team not only understood the technical language but also quickly diagnosed the problem. They explained the issue in clear, understandable terms and walked us through the steps to resolve it. This not only saved us valuable time but also prevented further claim denials. Their expertise and willingness to explain the technical aspects were invaluable, making them a true partner in our billing success.

Using WebPT

The platform is incredibly intuitive and user-friendly. Even new staff members can quickly navigate the system and become proficient thanks to the clean interface and logical organization. This minimizes training time and ensures everyone can efficiently utilize WebPT's features to deliver excellent patient care. Furthermore, WebPT offers comprehensive resources and tutorials readily available within the platform, providing additional support whenever needed.
ProsCons
Like to use
Relatively simple
Easy to use
Technical support not required
Well integrated
Consistent
Quick to learn
Convenient
Feel confident using
Familiar
None
  • Sending/collecting intake forms to patients
  • scheduling overall
  • customizing documentation templates
  • submitting corrected claims (in Therabill)
  • resubmitting multiple claims (in Therabill)
  • writing off remaining balances in ERAs (in Therabill)

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