5 Ways to Deliver More Value If you want your chiropractic practice to last long-term, your patients need to feel like the products and services you offer are worth the investment. If they don’t, not only will you struggle to get new people in your door, but you’ll...
Finding the Right Medical Billing Service The average chiropractic professional bills out roughly $649,000 per year according to Chiropractic Economics’ 2020 Salary and Expense Survey. Choosing the right service to handle this amount of cash is important for keeping...
Using Posture Assessments to Promote Chiropractic Although chiropractic has been utilized to promote health and wellness since 1895—when its creator, DD Palmer, made the first-ever spinal adjustment—some patients still fail to see the profession as legitimate. This is...
10 Ways to Market Chiropractic Professionally and Profitably Chiropractic Economics’ 22nd Annual Salary & Expense Survey reveals that doctors of chiropractic (DCs) spend, on average, $7,075.78 per year on advertising. If part of a chiropractic group, this amount...
6 Factors to Consider When Choosing a Posture Assessment Device Morihei Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist and founder of Aikido, once said that “a good stance and posture reflect a proper state of mind.” Research further reveals that engaging in proper posture...
4 Reasons to Finish Your Notes Before Patients Leave Your Office The average chiropractor sees between 20 and 50 patients per day according to the Association of Chiropractic Colleges. When you’re cycling this many people in and out of your practice regularly, it may...
Ways to Automate Your Chiropractic Office In McKinsey Global Institute’s 2017 “A Future That Works” report, this management consulting firm reveals that, worldwide, automating processes could increase business-related productivity by as much as 1.4 percent per year....
Outsourced Insurance Billing vs In-House Insurance Billing As a healthcare practitioner, there are several functions your office must complete in order to not only survive but thrive. Arguably, medical billing is one of the most important because if the money owed to...
5 Ways to Maximize Your Office Time The American Institute of Stress reports that work-related stress is “far and away the major source of stress for American adults.” In fact, one in three workers indicates that they feel extreme levels of angst while on the job. The...
Why Patients Fire Their Chiropractor Any successful DC knows that the secret to running a thriving chiropractic practice involves having patients who return time and time again for your health-related services. But how do you get them to want to continue to walk in...
10 Things Your Patients Likely Won’t Tell You Have you ever walked into a business, saw something, and thought, “Wow! I don’t like that. I’m never coming here again!” Yet you never said a word to the person working about what it was that put you off? If so, you’re not...
Do-It-Yourself Insurance Billing (Part 2) According to the Spine Research Institute at Ohio State University, work-related musculoskeletal issues cost Americans up to $25 billion annually. Low back pain alone racks up as much as $78 billion indirect costs. Altogether,...
Finding the Right Employee Finding the right employee for your chiropractic practice is important for a lot of reasons. Green Job Interview, an interviewing solutions company, shares a number of them, ranging from financial (hiring the wrong person can cost you 30...
Best Practices in Chiropractic Internal Marketing The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) says that “as a general rule, small businesses with revenues less than $5 million should allocate 7-8 percent of their revenues to marketing.” Of this 7-8 percent, the SBA...
Do-It-Yourself Claims Processing (Part 1) Chiropractic Economics reported average gross billing for chiropractors in 2016 was $689,092 and the average total collections were $384,627. What this means is that almost half of chiropractors’ services were...
PCP vs DCYou’ve heard it all before: “Take these pills for you back pain and in 2-3 weeks it should be gone.” Well, that’s what the research said, 20 years ago. Now we know back pain episodes are likely to re-occur over time with increased...
Fundamentals of Chiropractic Practice Success There are many wonderful benefits of being a chiropractor. Perhaps the most obvious one is that it gives you the opportunity to help people live higher quality lives: lives with less pain and greater levels of health. It...
The Pitfalls of Being a Chiropractic Medicare Provider In May of 2009, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report which revealed that, out of $466 million paid to chiropractic providers in 2006, “Medicare inappropriately paid $178 million…representing 47...
The chiropractic road to health can be a better way than taking medication. Its safer, natural and treats the source of pain. In most cases its less expensive and may result in faster relief. Chiropractors are highly trained to use manual hands-on methods to fix...
This is a very important chiropractic public service announcement regarding your health. As musculoskeletal specialists, chiropractors know how important 20 minutes of low impact daily exercise and regular chiropractic checkups is for optimal joint and muscle...
Here is a chiropractic poster showing the association between poor posture and common musculoskeletal symptoms. This is a great teaching tool because patients can see how their symptoms are directly related to structural imbalances. Patients can also understand,...
A chiropractic marketing poster designed to get patients to think about chiropractic first before taking medication to treat their pain. Most back and neck pain is mechanical in nature (i.e. muscle and joint function). Drugs may temporarily mask the pain but fail to...
Here is a great chiropractic poster that shows patients how often they should receive chiropractic wellness checkups. The chart shown illustrates the relative frequency of wellness visits based on the patients age. It should be used for educational purposes and as...
This chiropractic infograph summarizes a research study showing chiropractic care with medical care is superior than medical care alone. This is a powerful way to educate the public and other health care providers on the benefits of chiropractic services.
Need more patient referrals? Too embarrassed to ask? Use this poster to passively ask patients to refer their friends and family. Patient referrals are your #1 resource for new patients.
