I have been hearing from several practitioners who are thinking of raising their rates. This is something that is necessary especially now given inflation. Before you decide to raise your rates, consider the following:
1) Why are you raising your rates? One thing to focus on more than raising rates is getting more patients AND patient visits. Are you doing a good job with scheduling supportive care visits long-term? How many new patients are you getting every week? Are you at your target weekly visits? If you are underperforming in those areas, then raising rates is NOT a good way to make up for it. And maybe it isn't time to raise your rates. Don't raise your rates if your clinic is underperforming. Fix that problem first.
2) Having more patients on the books can = lower increase in rates. If you have 400 patients a month and raise your rates by $5.00, that is not much of a shock to the patient, yet it means $2000 more revenue per month, and $24,000 more per year. When you have more patients, you can have a modest increase in rates and still make up a lot for inflation and increased costs.
3) Similar to #2, is your practice flow working? Are you working out of 1 room? Or are you running multiple rooms and multiple patients an hour? Having an ideal practice flow may mean the ability for a more modest rate increase while getting more bang for your buck.
4) Are your patients able to afford your services now? If patients are balking at coming in more than once per week, is it financial? If you are charging $150 a visit, is it realistic for someone to coming in 2-3 times per week for 3-4 weeks? And even if they start, are they going to finish? Or are they going to drop out of care and not finish their treatment plans? Again, have an efficient practice and you can see more patients, charge a rate they can handle, see them more often and get the revenue you need. It's a win-win. (keep in mind a lot of patients claim they are broke and they aren't, but there is a tipping point and most people are paying out of pocket).
5) Cutting expenses first: Anthony mentioned this in his post above. We get lost with our subscriptions and not shopping around for better rates on things like insurance. It is easy to save $30, $50, or $100 or more per month. Just DON'T cut your subscription to the locals community since it actually makes you money. š
I have a whole slew of new people with neurological stuff: Parkinson's, dystonia, neuropathies, cranial nerve pathologies, etc. I want to learn more about how to treat these conditions -- what resources (either here in locals or elsewhere) should I check out? If anyone in this group studied these in depth, I'd love to hear what made a difference for you.
@Exstoreman: in the MP Manual, I am assuming ācephalicā and āsuperiorā are not used interchangeably. I am specifically looking at anterior glut med as it is one of the few MP that I still sometimes have to redirect the needle for.
The location is: find greater trochanter and progress in a cephalic direction moving superiorly 4 inches and posterior one inch. In this example, what is the difference between ācephalicā and āsuperiorā?
Thank you!- Angela
Hi @Exstoreman , I have a male 24yo patient with left heel pain for 1 year. Has been diagnosed with calcaneal bursitis. Itās swollen and red. He plays high level soccer and trained 4x/week plus games on the weekend. The heel feels worse during and after games/training. Feels better for ice baths after games. Heās had physio, cortisone injection which did help but the problem came back. Heās also had the same problem on the right side it that has subsided and not returned after cortisone injection.
The shape of his heel may make him prone to more friction from his shoes . Heās got new orthotics which donāt seem to be helping.
He initially presented with bilateral psoas and GMin inhibition. Corrected with motor point acu and psoas pecking. Also addressed soleus and gastroc MP, inline technique along the Achilles, plus soft tissue work around the Achilles and calves. Also used Lectric washing soda compress to draw out the fluid.
Weāve had 7 sessions so far and heās maybe 20% ...
