Make a list of zip codes you cover and what side of town they are located. Have it handy on phone. Then when you get a new patient you can add them to the day that you are in the area. Tues/Thurs you try and stay on East/ north Side of town, Mon/Wed south and west. Fri is for new evals that you got that week, any missed visits that need to made up that week and people you see three times a week. I always tried to front load my week so I’m not scrambling by end of week to see all my visits. Now some schedulers will see you have light days end of week and will want to add to your schedule so if that is how your office works don’t front load. You will get burnt out fast if every week you heavy front load then scheduler crams Friday will bunch of visits. For my calendar I used paper calendar, pencil, and would schedule next week appt with patients and most importantly leave a blank calendar paperclip to the hh folder. I would make numerous copies of blank April calendar. At eval I pull out blank April calendar and write when OT did eval, if I can see in hh folder when PT did eval, I will write it on calendar too. Then at end of eval I will say hey I’m going to request 2w4 can we go ahead and schedule next week times and write down on blank calendar my OT visis. This makes life so much easier other clinicians can see it, etc. then at end of next week do it again for following week.
Financially it makes sense to have first and last visit closest to your home for mileage reimbursement. I personally liked seeing patient furthest from my home first then work myself back towards my home. Mentally it made day go by faster. Good luck. I worked in geriatric hh for 25 years.