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Sometimes the most difficult part of planning for your financial future is knowing where to start. What follows are some of the most commonly asked questions doctors have about financial planning, including investing, taxes and retirement planning. Q I know having to pay taxes is something that’s inevitable, but are there ways I can limit […]

Should I lower my prices?” This is one of the most common questions posed by doctors who are re-evaluating their practice finances. Often, the question is asked by new chiropractors who are looking to get new patients any way they can, or by established chiropractors who are feeling the heat from other chiropractors who are […]

Tax Shelters Provide Both Long-Term and Short-Term Benefits For You and Your Practice At the base of the Statue of Liberty, the inscription is: “Give me your tired, your poor, your humble masses yearning to be free.” What an impressive sight and a meaningful inscription this is. In this great country of ours, I have […]

In today’s high-performance workplace, even the smallest annoyances can shake the most confident souls. Challenges such as scheduling and technological problems are frequently the easiest to overcome. They are often expected and typically involve only impersonal, problem-solving skills. Conflicts with a team member, a team leader or even a valued patient, on the other hand, […]

How To Get Started What You Need To Know About The New Guidelines To Stay on The Straight and Narrow On Sept. 25, 2000, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) officially issued its “Compliance Program Guidance for Individual and Small Group Practices.” As stated in last month’s column, the decision to implement a compliance program in […]

Not long ago, a good salary and a basic benefits package were enough to entice skilled job applicants to join a practice, and once on board, to remain there. However, a strong economy and record low unemployment have given applicants the upper hand in terms of which jobs they accept and how long they stay. […]

Re-Evaluate Your Practice Systems; Decide If A Consultant Is Right For You The need for management consultants in the chiropractic profession has increased in the last decade due to the changing environment. With greater competition between chiropractors, with some physical therapists trying to provide spinal manipulation, and with greatly reduced insurance reimbursement, chiropractors need solutions. The […]

A Well-Run Office Equals Regular Paychecks, Guilt-Free Time Off More and more chiropractors are working under one roof with MDs/DOs, physical therapists, massage therapists, nutritional counselors, and other professionals. These doctors are turning to multi-discipline practice to offer patients more services and greater convenience — and to increase revenue. Whether you’ve already established an integrated, holistic […]

Think about the premise: “The inside is bigger than the outside.” It doesn’t really make sense, does it? How can that be possible? On the surface, that’s a difficult statement to understand — but nowhere near as hard to comprehend as the difference between Dr. X and Dr. Y. Let’s take a look at what’s […]

Four Leaders Dish About What Works And What Doesn’t On a recent day, four prominent chiropractors who ended up in the same room started talking about one of their favorite topics — their practices. These DCs were all past presidents of state or national associations, all very successful doctors. The one concern shared by all […]