Therapy Productivity Guides
Plain-English guides for PTs, OTs and SLPs who want to understand their productivity number, not just hit it. Every guide shows the math and links to the sources behind every number.
Start here: the three numbers that run your day
| Number | What it means | Where to learn more |
|---|---|---|
| Billable minutes | Treatment time your employer counts as productive | Therapy Productivity Calculator |
| Paid minutes | All the time you’re on the clock, minus unpaid lunch | Lunch Break Calculator |
| Productivity % | Billable ÷ paid × 100 | Productivity Percentage Calculator |
Benchmarks by setting
(Add links as Group 2 pages go live.)
- What is a good productivity percentage for therapists?
- SNF therapy productivity benchmarks
- Outpatient therapy productivity benchmarks
- Home health, inpatient rehab, acute care, pediatric, and school-based workload
Understanding your target
(Add links as Group 2 and Group 4 pages go live.)
- What does 85% productivity mean? (and 80%, 90%, 75%, 70%)
- How to calculate therapy productivity
- The therapy productivity formula
Concepts that get mixed up
(Group 3 and Group 4.)
- Productivity vs utilization
- Productivity vs efficiency
- Productivity vs billable time
- Concurrent vs group therapy
How we write our guides
- Sources first. Benchmarks come from published data, such as ASHA’s health care surveys, and billing rules from CMS. If good data doesn’t exist, we say so.
- Fact-checked. Every number is checked against its source before publishing. See our editorial policy.
- Updated when facts change, not just to change the date.