issue-05-2000

Breakout of Respondents  Title  %  DC  97%  CA/Office Mgr.  .5%  Student  1%  Retired  1.5% About the Survey · 502 readers responded. · Figures reflecting an average or mean were calculated by dividing proportionately the total number of respondents per question. Medians were determined by calculating the middle number or range. · Percentages are also based […]

Increasing monthly collections is a business goal common to most chiropractic practices. Unfortunately, in today’s environment of managed care and low reimbursement rates, that goal can be difficult to attain. One way to compensate for collection problems created by managed care is to establish a goal for overhead control that will parallel the goal to […]

Money. Fees. Collections. Just hearing these words might make you feel a little uncomfortable. These aspects of running a practice seem to have a way of touching your self-esteem, self-worth, risk tolerance, confrontational abilities and communication skills. The way in which you determine patient fees, achieve patient acceptance, deal with third parties and handle collections […]

‘Give a person enough rope and they will hang themselves.” Interesting theory. I am going to change that saying slightly so it reads, “Give a person enough ROPE, and they will improve their bottom line.” A slight deviation from the original, but I am sure it is more to your liking if you want to […]

The business world is an ever-changing environment, and theories of management seem to come and go. Trends in management seem to swing every 10 years or so like a pendulum, sweeping from one extreme to another. At one end is the hard-as-nails, cold management style that relies on numbers and statistics to make decisions regardless […]

Q How much does it cost to construct a typical office? A If you’re talking about the cost to build out an existing space (i.e., carpentry, plumbing, electrical wiring, flooring, and painting), the cost can range from a few hundred dollars to tens of thousands of dollars. Commercial build-out projects can run anywhere from $5 […]