The Strategic Chiropractor Blog
Articles on Chiropractic business, practice sales & working smarter.Why Some Chiropractors Chase $44,000 Only to Lose $544,000 or More
One of the most common questions that I get around here is on EMR. Everyone wants to know what’s the best EMR system to use or when is a good time to implement EMR or how to implement EMR. You get the idea. Those of you who have read or heard my thoughts on EMR know...
10 Bad (But True) Online Business Building Tactics for Chiropractors
Put your chiropractic business “hat” on, dust off your business brain or stand near a mirror facing your business “side” (whatever that may be). In other words, let's talk about the business of being a chiropractor. Too many DC’s wash their hands of this duty (yes, I...
Chiropractic Documentation Date Dangers to Avoid
Recently I received an email from an auditing group to which I belong that offered some nasty little tips that auditors can use to easily recoup money from physicians, including chiropractors. First, let me pause and clarify one point. Although I do have a...
Bad Debt is Killing Good Chiropractors
Too many chiropractors have a lingering problem with debt in their office -- and it is literally killing their practice and their profits. By debt, I am not talking about how much you owe on your student loans, your credit card or even how much business debt you may...
Dangerous Data from the Chiropractic Comparative Billing Report
For those of you who are wondering why I am devoting three blog posts to the Chiropractic Comparative Billing Report, it is this: even if you did not receive a CBR, there is a wealth of opportunity and danger in the data derived from the CBR. Put simply, Medicare has...
How to Interpret Your Chiropractic Comparative Billing Report (Part 2)
In Part One of this post, we discussed how to interpret some of the data from the Chiropractic Comparative Billing Report issued recently by Medicare to 5000 DC’s around the USA as well as made some proactive suggestions for improvement. In this installment, we will...
How to Interpret Your Chiropractic Comparative Billing Report
This past week or so, 5000 chiropractors nationwide received a “present” in the mail in the form of a Chiropractic Comparative Billing Report (CBR). Even though I had previously reported that this would happen (see my previous post “Medicare Releases Chiropractic’s...
How Do Chiropractor Salaries Compare to Other Health Professionals?
Wondering if the recession has hit your practice and your wallet as much as other DC’s or even MD’s? Let me be the first to tell you that spending time calling up your DC friends or commiserating at your local seminars on how bad things are due to the current economy...
The 7 Myths of Chiropractic Business Success
Despite my love for the chiropractic profession, I will confess that much of what crosses my desk appears to be complete bunk with no greater grip on reality than wishing for your little green friend to bring you a pot of gold. Granted, I could be crankier or more...
Random Thoughts Episode #136: Chiropractic Audits, Business Building & Success
I'm on the road for the next couple weeks traveling for a number of on-site consultations with clients so this blog post will be a summary of random thoughts on the most common questions that repeatedly brought to my e-mail inbox. 1) Chiropractic Audits: a few months...