Outpatient therapists get compared to their SNF colleagues constantly, and someone always asks why the outpatient number looks lower. Here’s the real answer: outpatient clinics run on a completely different rhythm. More friction, more unpredictability, and none of it shows up in a bare percentage range. Typical Outpatient Productivity Benchmarks Outpatient productivity sits well below…
Walk into any skilled nursing facility and ask a PT, OT, or SLP about productivity, and you’ll hear the same number float around: 85–90%. Most articles quote that range and move on. They never explain why the bar sits so high or what it costs you to hit it. Let’s actually break down what SNF…
Home health is the one setting where productivity benchmarks consistently confuse people moving over from SNF or outpatient — because the number drops, sometimes by 30 points, and it’s not because home health therapists work less. It’s because the clock includes something the other settings don’t: the road. Typical home health productivity benchmarks Compare that…