CASH-Based Practice Blog
What brings you the most new patients aside from word of mouth?
A courageous PT who just opened a his own Fee-for-Service Physical Therapy Practice recently asked me: “What source of marketing do you find brings in the most local new clients for you other than word of mouth (ie adwords, facebook, local news, etc.)?” I’d like to...
Can I accept an out-of-pocket payment from a Medicare patient?
One of the most common, and important, questions I am asked is some variation of: “Can I accept out-of-pocket payments from a Medicare patient?” The very short answer to this is: “it depends.” Working with Medicare patients on a Private-pay Basis Some Physical...
Word of Mouth Advertising to Catapult your Physical Therapy Business to Success
This week’s article is a guest post by Allison Gamble of www.psychologydegree.net. --- The field of Physical Therapy is overflowing with big-hearted, educated individuals who live to help their patients. There were over 185,000 Physical Therapy jobs as of a 2008...
Website Review and Advice for Fellow Self-Pay PT
I was recently asked for my input on optimizing the website of a fellow Self-Pay Physical Therapist, Christine Vlahos MS, PT of Women's Wellness PT and Pilates. Editor's Note 1-10-17: Christine has changed the name of her practice and changed the website, but since...
Jarod interviewed about his Direct Pay PT Practice
As this website and its impact spreads, more interview requests roll in and I’m really enjoying it. Dave Chase, CEO of Avado.com sent me a number of “Healthcare Innovator” interview questions, and I have included a few of them below. How do you make the lives of...
The eBook is Available!!
In Dec 2010, when I was asked how I was able to quickly create a successful cash-based physical therapy practice, I had no idea that the answer would turn into an ever-growing website and a 65 page cash-practice guidebook. The entire process took much longer than I...
Marketing Advice for a New Cash PT Practice Owner
As I receive more and more emails from Physical Therapists interested in starting cash practices, I’m finding the questions are often great sources for blog posts. How should I market my physical therapy practice? Just a few days ago, I received an email from a young...
Jarod Carter interviewed about Cash Practices on PT Talker
For those who haven't already been a regular visitor of PTTalker.com, I would highly recommend it. They do a weekly audio interview of an expert in some area of the PT field. The site is already loaded with great interviews and info. I recently had the pleasure of...
5 Reasons I Said “Goodbye” to Insurance, and “Hello” to Cash
I started my Cash-Based PT practice in Austin about 1 ½ years ago, and though it was a lot of hard work to get the ball rolling, I’ve never been so happy to be a Physical Therapist. When you remove the red tape and headaches of the Insurance and Medicare systems, an...
Receipts for your Cash Pay Patients
After my last post, I had some follow up questions about the specifics of the self-claim receipts I provide my patients. Given that my treatments are all one hour long with the majority of the time dedicated to Manual Therapy and always at least a review of the HEP,...
