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you feel the squeeze? If you’re in a private practice, especially in and around a large city, then you are likely to be forced into a number of ways. First, increase spending, while your reimbursement rates are declining. Managed care is guided into the lower treatment rate in most large cities, so even if you are in a cash practice, you find that you lower your prices to be competitive have.

This is not only managed care, the press. If you specialize in Christian counseling, you are likely to hire to deal with the trend in local churches and their own in-house consultants. In addition, more and more universities offer Christian centuries a master’s degree in counseling, the completion of new consultants in each semester to work in these environments are looking for. In the Philadelphia area, where our Christian counseling clinic in managed care is to reduce our reimbursement rates averaging out per session. Currently, about 80% of our customers in a managed care plan, a PPO or an HMO.

forced us more competitive prices and in many cases to the management of service companies to increase the paperwork to create at the same time reduce our prices work. In essence, they were all working harder for less money. Furthermore, it concluded the local Christian College 20 new Masters level therapists, each semester. Some are still working in parishes, pastoral consultant, while other dreams of starting their own private practice. A local Christian counseling center recently offered counseling sessions for each visit in an effort to increase depleting their workload.

private practice is not what it was! However, some practices seem to be very good. Some are even thrive in this environment. Is there a secret to their success? Not really, but there are some common features that can help you survive The Big Squeeze. Here are 10 tips that will help preserve the private practice. Do not try to implement all 10, but focus on one or two you can immediately begin to implement.

1. Emphasize your skills therapy. There will always be work for good therapists. Create a niche for itself with training in a field. Take a look at other practices, and what is not offered in your community. survey to see the shepherds, other therapists and physicians what they need guidance. Once you have found your service specialty advertising.

2 If you find it hard to imagine yourself as an expert in something, look to someone in your area, well known to the partnership. The most successful practices of charismatic leaders or those who led experts in one or two areas. The name of the Heads of State and Government will increase your recommendations, and you can earn some valuable mentoring. Consider the person something in return for his support. For example, if you can not a person in advance, you offer to make books or help with the logistics of someone who is.

3 Advertise your services to make known to the community. Attend community meetings, chamber of commerce meetings and events throughout the area church. Do not be afraid to introduce yourself and tell others a bit of your practice. Offer to teach a number in several local Sunday school class or present a topic at the PTA. You may need to provide some services free for a while before they begin to bear fruit.

4 Sponsor an event or conference. Ask to speak to a known person to your center or church. This will help your practice people associate with the names they already trust and people to you in a less menacing. At the event, offering a sign up sheet for people to a support group led by tracking your visit. If you are in solo practice, consider co-sponsoring this event with other therapists Christians, your church, your Christian bookstore or territory.

5 Provision of services or products for free! Marketing experts, the word free on the packages, just because the word attracts attention. Offer free stress or depression screenings at local churches. Some therapists offer a free initial consultation for a limited period or to members of a particular church. Offer a free book on a theme of self-help groups through the local Christian radio stations as a means for detecting a mailing list for this issue. Give free stuff such as refrigerator magnets, mugs, pens or your name and address on it. People tend to throw your cards, but they take these little jewels.

6 Partner with others to reduce costs by excluding expenses. Sublet your office, or several other parts receptionist. setting up a group to share a fax, copier or computer software programs and joint accounts. Belonging to different groups in the vicinity can be a tremendous asset when it comes to buying equipment, advertising, mailings, training on the job referral and joint events. (On a larger scale, that’s what we did when we formed the Coalition for Christians in Private Practice (CCPP). For more information, call 1,800,292th HOPE)

7 Diversify. Bring others, the services do not offer. If you specialize in marriage counseling, hire someone who specializes in occupational therapy. Bring a psychiatrist one day a week, or see a nutritionist. There are trends towards holistic health care right now, and perhaps want to offer a Christian alternative to this model. Some therapists are locating their practices in the offices of family physicians, chiropractors or psychiatrist. The customer gets a better deal, if you are good with other caregivers, and benefit from the switch.

8 Support groups offer on current topics. Consider hear from organizations dealing with violence in schools, from longer observed (for the divorce and broken relationships), limits, or ADHD, if you do not know what’s hot, the news or radio broadcasts. You should ask your customers or your church to the groups that they may be of interest groups more affordable and would increase traffic in your office. Remember that each group member a potential customer and the base line.

9 Do you know someone in managed care networks. Although one can never be part of the HMO, there are many products that PPO can be reached. Are you an expert in something they need, like the Christian Council, as you might to their preferred network list. This has a tremendous source of useful references for our clinic. At a recent meeting of PPO, the following areas of needs were identified in their network: Minority therapists, specialists in eating disorders, therapists who could for the hearing impaired, therapists who could sign to work with young children, and therapists bilingual

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10 With a cooperative agreement. Remember, it is important that we work with others and be creative. The old model work is not competitive today. Now we have a cooperative model. As Christians, we must show the way in this trend. Discuss this former competitors and find ways to work together. Go to lunch with the pastor who has stolen all your stuff in this church and speak with references that you could trade. Online consultations are always available.

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with managed care on community needs and opportunities to help each other to respond these needs. In our practice, God our efforts to work with others blessed. The largest managed care company in the area that we need for the education credits and went to all of us Christians to their customers. Our biggest competitor sends us secular Christian references in exchange for client referrals are not binding. We support groups for local nursing homes, groups of spiritual growth of the local psychiatric hospital and stress management for chiropractors region. Take the help of a therapist’s phone.

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