Continuity of Care After Discharge: Getting PT Progress Notes Back to Your Practice

Ask surgeons what frustrates them most about referring to physical therapy and the answer is consistent: the referral disappears into a black box. Did the patient schedule? Did they show up? Are they progressing? Too often, the only way to find out is to ask the patient at the next follow-up — and by then, a failed plan of care has already cost weeks.

Continuity of care is not just about the treatment itself. It is about the information coming back. That is the part of the referral PT Near Me is built around.

• Initial evaluation report: the therapist's findings, baseline measurements, and the plan of care — sent after the first visit.
• Periodic progress notes: how the patient is tracking against the plan, sent at regular intervals through the episode of care.
• Discharge summary: the final status, outcomes against goals, and any recommendations, sent when care is complete.
• Records requests: turned around within two business days.

Everything comes by secure fax or email, whichever your practice prefers.

The most important report is sometimes the negative one. If we cannot reach your patient, if the patient declines, or if scheduling falls through, your office hears from us. You will never learn at a follow-up visit that a referral you made two months ago never turned into care.

Send a referral by secure form, phone, or fax. Intake verifies the patient's auto-insurance coverage and schedules the in-home evaluation, typically within 48 hours — and the reporting loop starts with the initial evaluation report.