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Up and Running - Opening A Chiropractic Office

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A very rare find within the field of chiropractic. This book presents solid and very practical advice for new chiropractors just starting out. I thought that the authors did a nice job with detailing the necessary steps in negotiating a business lease. Much of the material that is included is written in an easy to understand format that is not intimidating to the inexperienced chiropractor.

Information such as this is difficult to find in our profession.The book is basically broken up into two portions. The first half deals with practice startup which is filled with many great ideas on how to keep office overhead low while making the office extremely functional. The second portion of the book deals with patient management advice during your first year in practice. The authors also included a nice assortment of office forms that can be utilized in the private office setting.

If you are in the process of opening a chiropractic office this book is a must read.

What a great idea for new graduates. I have just finished reading "Up and Running:Opening A Chiropractic Office" for the second time. This short little book of 164 pages has given me so many ideas for my new office. The patient management information and office startup advice was simple to understand. I have been looking for something like this book ever since I graduated Chiropractic College. Drs. John & Steven Reizer explain the information in simple terms. I was especially impressed with the information on how to create a grand opening event.

I hope that all students and new graduates are fortunate enough to get a hold of this material.

This book is really basic but it's an easy read and presents some things school doesn't teach you about opening your own practice.

Running a chiropractic clinic requires both patient care and business skills. But chiropractic schools have mostly focused on teaching patient care, often neglecting the development of business skills. The graduating doctors then add the stress of unfamiliar practice life to the financial debt accumulated during their college years. Drs. Reizers fill that knowledge gap and extend exceptional-quality advice to doctors that are about to start their own practice.

Chiropractic office requires doctors to make strategic decisions about selecting specialization, clinic location, negotiating a lease, working with insurance companies, leasing or buying equipment, hiring other doctors, addressing specific kinds of patients, marketing, etc. Drs. Reizers' book teaches doctors how to make such decisions in an organized and systematic way, removing anxiety about the unknown and replacing it with solid knowledge earned during years of both running their own practices and teaching at a chiropractic college. Drs. Reizers did a remarkable job of exploring each topic with great detail and meaningful examples.

In summary, a doctor building a profitable chiropractic office must read Up and Running and return to it often for reference.

Yuval Lirov, Practicing Profitability - Billing Network Effect for Revenue Cycle Control in Healthcare Clinics and Chiropractic Offices: Collections, Audit Risk, SOAP Notes, Scheduling, Care Plans, and Coding

"Up and Running, Opening a Chiropractic Office" is a refreshingly simple, straight (chiropractic) and straight-forward handbook for a rather intimidating subject. The Reizers take what many newly-minted chiropractors see as a nearly insurmountable obstacle(opening my own practice!!!)and climb right over it one clearly described step at a time. Easy to read, thorough and candid in its approach, the book nonetheless stays focused on the challenges and joys of opening a subluxation-centered chiropractic practice in a world that sometimes forgets that this is what chiropractic is really all about. I just hope that everyone who has a vision of what his/her own successful chiropractic practice could be like gets his/her hands on this book. Chiropractic thanks you for taking the time to write down your insights and pass on your expertise. But more importantly, the patients who will benefit from the successful chiropractors this book will help create thank you.

This book would be extremely helpful to any chiropractor looking to start a new office. The information contained in the text is practical material that many new chiropractors might not be aware of. I enjoyed the book very much!

This book is great for helping the chiropractor learn what it takes to be successful in practice. I also think that being really grounded in chiropractic philosophy will help tremendously. I recommend the book "Chiropractic First" to help to really get what chiropratic is all about as far as philosophy, which should help in being successful in practice. Anyway, Up and Running is a great book because it will show you how to stay successful and how to think prosperity and not poverty and gives you tips on success in practice. For chiropractic students taking the boards, study the following books. National Board of Chiropractic Part IV Study Guide: Key Review Questions and Answers, National Board of Chiropractic Part III Study Guide: Key Review Questions and Answers with Explanations. These study guides helped me focus on what was important for the boards exams. It definitely is a must buy because it makes you get used to board type questions--less surprises on the test. Once again Up and Running excellent for showing the chiropractor wanting to open a practice on how to succeed and to never give up.

Up And Running:Opening A Chiropractic office is a "must" read for the new and aspiring doctor of chiropractic.

The book had a few helpful ideas or approaches to opening a practice, but nothing that you have not already heard. Overall, good info, but very basic.