How patients pay for their care dramatically affects their results.
A patient can generally pay four ways: in advance, as they go, later or never. The best results are achieved by those who pay in advance and the poorest by those who don't pay at all.
Paying for one's care is part of the recovery process.
That's why the impending move to socialize what is called "health care" can't and won't produce true health. Self responsibility does. Just as the government can steal responsibility from patients, so too can chiropractors. Many do. And it often begins by believing that unenforced financial policies are doing the patient a favor. Allowing patients to run up large uncollectable balances not only interferes with your business, it can compromise their care.
Ultimately, how patients pay often reflects their confidence in your care, their emotional investment in the process and the priority they place on their health.