PTJoin
PTJoin helps Korean patients find physical therapy after the 2026 manual therapy caps, and helps physical therapists reach those patients.
PTJoin은 2026년 도수치료 관리급여 이후 어디서 치료받아야 할지 막막해진 환자와 물리치료사를 연결합니다. 환자 안내서와 보건정책 뉴스도 함께 운영합니다.
Why now
Since July 1, 2026, manual therapy in Korea has one national price of 43,850 won. Patients pay 95% of it, and it is limited to 2 sessions a week and 15 a year, or 24 with an exception. Shockwave therapy now has a recommended limit of 6 sessions per body part and 12 a year, and going over it can void private insurance coverage. Patients have to work out what they can still get and where to go, and clinics are losing the patients they used to see.
What runs today
Five plain-language guides on manual and shockwave therapy for patients and clinicians, each listing the government notices and guidelines it is based on. An hourly news dashboard that collects Korean health-policy articles and government announcements. Clinics can ask to be listed by email.
What we are building
A patient Q&A that answers only from our guides and official notices, shows the source for each answer, and then lists nearby physical therapists. Clinics pay one flat monthly listing fee, with no charge per patient.
How we use Claude
Claude Opus has tagged 2,228 policy articles by topic and framing, and we built the site and news pipeline with Claude Code. The patient Q&A will run on Claude. It answers only from our guides and official notices, cites the source for each answer, gives no diagnosis or treatment advice, and tells users at the start of each chat that they are talking to an AI.
PTJoin · Founder 김경표 · Founded June 2026 · South Korea · pyo@ptjoin.com
Registered business: 같이움직 (상호) · Business registration no. 510-21-94714
First launched in June 2026 as PT뉴스 at ptnews.vercel.app; moved to ptjoin.com in October 2026.