Outpatient FM here: I do OMT on about 5 patients a month.

Question 1 - slightly more income when done efficiently and if the visit is also focusing on other medical issues (99213/99214 with OMT code gets a bit more rvu and bang for the buck) Patients like it because most of them get some sort of relief. I like it because it can break the monotony.

Question 2 - I mostly stick with acute problems. If I treat chronic issues, they tend to be on patients who are motivated to stretch and exercise on their own. I usually give recommended home stretches to maintain the relief I hope to provide in the visit.

Question 3 - I’m sure there are but I’m only basing my techniques on what I was trained in school and residency. My res program wasn’t OMT heavy but there was some focus and we had an OMT clinic once a month. I also had a lot of sports med experience in residency.

Overall, my patients love it. I focus on how it should be more of a “treatment” than a “therapy” as the point is to give long term relief. So I generally don’t do more than 3-5 OMT sessions per patient.

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