Physical Therapy Practice Management

February 1, 2012

Many clients who have started their own private practice are faced with this dilemma: Can I really afford to hire another therapist? Hiring another person will mean you need to give up patients, time to get the other person up and running, and worst of all, some of your income. Managing and expanding a practice [...]

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How to Get Patient Leads

February 1, 2012

Most clients I have had the pleasure to work with have what seems to be a different concept of what patient leads are; as a number or as a resource for that matter. The goal is obviously to get patient leads in order to get new patients, to get them through a treatment plan. How [...]

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Private Practice Management of Physical Therapists

February 1, 2012

Many times a client I’m working with has peaked in patient volume for a few weeks and then started to slide to an earlier lower level. There is an automatic shut-off mechanism so-to-speak: when the visits go beyond the comfort zone of the practitioner volume-wise, the tendency is to go back to comfort zone level. [...]

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How to Increase Patient Volume with Your Current Resources

February 1, 2012

Increasing patient volume with your current resources can be challenging, especially if you focus only on getting an increase in new patients. Nothing wrong with doing that if you know how to, but taking this as the only measure can limit your success. The first thing to know is that patient volume is a reflection [...]

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What Are the Best Doctor Patient Referral Programs?

January 30, 2012

Having worked with thousands of private practices throughout the U.S. and Canada, I know that most would like to increase their new patients and the ways to do this come in various “programs.” There is the old sales-gimmick type where you’d go out and “buy” the referral source relationship with lunches, etc. That’s really is [...]

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Effective Reimbursement Program

December 14, 2011

This is a success story written by a client who just completed our Effective Reimbursements Program. It speaks for itself! “Since the inception of our business in 2002, we have always out-sourced our billing and collections. We always felt we should spend our time focusing on the talents we have (our area of expertise) and [...]

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My Year-End Thoughts

November 29, 2011

Time to enjoy the season! The end of 2011 is nearly upon us and it is the time of year to celebrate with family and friends – A time of sharing joy and spreading the warmth of kindness with whomever you contact whether it be at the neighborhood department store, a neighbor, or the longer [...]

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Business Modernization

October 27, 2011

This article may not be very popular and to be taken as advice only… Some people get an adverse reaction to the word “modernization.” They take it to mean “Liberal” or “Revolution.” In this article I’m speaking in terms of this definition: “To adopt modern ways, ideas, etc.” And for the word “MODERN” I reference [...]

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Tracking Production & Meeting Company Targeted Goals

October 18, 2011

Most businesses track the production of some employees as in sales or income. Some simply generate a sales report at the week’s end and appoint a “Salesperson of the Month.” Sales are somewhat easy to track, but how about your administrative staff?  Can you accurately measure and track the productivity of these staff?  Should you?  [...]

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Documentation & Admin

September 15, 2011

There’s a considerable amount of company administrative documentation in the form of written policies, electronic data files, and backups needed to accurately operate a private practice and the administrative duties of every position requires some record keeping whether it be tracking production, statistics, schedules, event calendars, etc.  Sometimes this seems a bit overwhelming with the [...]

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