physical therapy

How To Create Time

Shaun Kirk — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:14:30 -0500

Catchy title wouldn’t you say? If there was a way to milk out a few extra hours in a day or even one hour for that matter, would you want to know how? I thought so.

Is There Really A Solution To Get A Consistent Abundance Of New Patients?

Shaun Kirk — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:16:41 -0500

There comes a point in time in a practice, whether you’re just starting out or have been practicing for years, when you find yourself saying, “We need new patients.” You seem to find yourself up against the same walls as the next practitioner. So what are you doing to bring in new patients on a consistent basis? Doctor’s lunches? Delivering marketing gadgets? Meeting with doctors with the hopes that you’ll get referrals? Does this sound all too familiar?

What You Need to Know to Open a Physical Therapy Cash Practice

Shaun Kirk — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:52:01 -0400

I am concerned about something I see more and more with private practice physical therapists and that is the ease in which we place blame on an insurance company for patients who do not get better. I hear things like, “Their insurance company cut them off” or “The patient could not afford the co-pay so I had to discharge them” amongst many other things.There are really two games at play here.

The Most Valuable Player in Sports is ... this Doctor

Chuck Salter — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:30:20 -0400

How to Handle Competition

Shaun Kirk — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:13:11 -0400

As both a private practice owner and as the co-founder of Measurable Solutions, I have noticed that physical therapists in general are constantly worried about competition. Physical therapists worry about competition from not only physician owned practices and chiropractors but also from other physical therapist.

Getting Out From Under the Thumb of the Insurance Industry

Jeff Lee — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:18:17 -0400

We recently started delivering several of our seminars in Canada. This gave us a unique opportunity to see for ourselves how a Canadian practice is run. We noticed immediately that the Canadian physiotherapy differs greatly in treatment methodology as compared to a physical therapy practice in the US.

Can a Cash Practice Work?

Diane Stein — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:34:09 -0400

The simple answer is yes. The first prerequisite for a cash practice is to determine if there is a need for the service.