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The Future

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It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future.
(Viktor Frankl)

Traditionally, the first of any New Year is an excellent time to take stock of the prior year and make plans for the year to come.

Goals

In business, there are two (three, but for now, we will look at two) types of goals for your business:

  • Production Goals
  • Organization Goals

Setting production goals for where you want to be 12 months from now is the easy part of goal setting. The hard part is working out the organizational support you will need to achieve your production and collections goals. It could be more than you think!

But keep this in mind:

chiropractic and your services are never the primary barriers to practice success.

It is always management. It is the administrative issues connected with organization, including marketing, that gum up the work, gets in the way, slows your business down and holds you back.

Motivation

Part of management is managing your motivation. Yep… motivation needs to be managed. Keeping your spirits high and your drive strong is necessary for an organization to flow.

And this takes us back to your goals.

Visualizing achieving your goals will stimulate your motivation – and your drive. If you can’t see any way to your goals, well, that can be depressing. But if you can… if you can envision accomplishing your future goals, you will be motivated.

Viktor Frankl

I reference Viktor Frankl in my book, The Goal Driven Business.
Speaking of his experience in a concentration camp, “As we said before, any attempt to restore a man’s inner strength in the camp had first to succeed in showing him some future goal…”

He also said, “Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.”

For your goal setting for the New Year, I recommend you start with your higher goals, the 3rd type of goal, which are beyond production and organization. For example, what brings you bliss? What gives you meaning?

  • Time with family and friends?
  • More vacations to more interesting places?
  • Going for the WIN of your best production and collections year ever?
  • Building a church?
  • Getting a diplomate in nutrition?
  • Improving patient outcomes?
  • Speaking out about health issues more?

Begin with these goals – the higher, wilder, richer ones. Then, look at your production goals, then your organizational goals.

I encourage you to dream just a bit and look at next year as your playground. What higher, richer, and wilder adventures would you like to accomplish?

Have some fun considering these types of goals and all the ways you would like to achieve them. This will add zest and a special spirit to your production and organizational goals.

Help with Your Future

We want to help you with your future. Your work is important, and helping you achieve your goals has been a driving force and a higher goal within our company for over 30 years.

For 2023, we have a few openings for our Private Client status on our Goal Driven Program.

If you are interested in working with us, please reply to this email, and we will schedule a time to talk.

All of us at Petty Michel & Associates want to help you achieve your goals in 2023

Seize the Future! (Carpe Future)

Happy New Year

Ed

Reference. More information on this is covered in sections in The Goal Driven Business, starting at page 19 and page 116.

2023 Medicare Fee Schedule

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Shown below is information regarding the 2023 Medicare Fee Schedule for Wisconsin Providers only provided by NGS Services and also a link to  CMS.gov for fee schedules in other states.

Wisconsin Providers:  Here is the 2023 Medicare Fee Schedule for your perusal.  Please make this accessible to you and your staff.

 

 

Preparing for Autumn

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“When you fail to prepare, you’re preparing to fail.”

John Wooden (QuoteInvestigator)

September is upon us, and Autumn is just ahead.

I encourage you to be thinking about your practice development plans for the last quarter of this year – October, November, and December. Let’s start with some fast ideas on promotions:

  • October is National Chiropractic Month (Used to be National Spinal Health Month). October 16th is World Spine Day. Not sure who comes up with these “Observances,” and I don’t really care. Don’t think it makes much difference… You can call October “National Get Your Rear in Here Month” if you want. I like to use the word “national” as it seems to imply that everyone now must comply and “report in.” It’s official, at least in your office.
  • November is a good time for “Cause” promotions. These are promotions that are linked to a worthy charitable cause that you feel genuine about. Word of warning: Don’t fake it. TV stations that promote “Toys for Tots” are so obviously insincere that I can’t believe they still do them. Find a charity that you and your team, and patients, want to support. Done right, you’d be surprised at how popular these promotions can be.
  • December is an opportunity to hunker down with all your patients, active and inactive. Parties, events, showing some gratitude and best wishes for the New Year.
  • Improvement Goals. Look at what you can do to improve clinic performance, including:o Continuing education for you.
    o C.E. for your team. Seminars, webinars, podcasts, books!
    o Team trainings in the office.
    o Individual team member training in the office.
    o Procedures: “How can we do this better?”
    o Software updates
    o Backlogs eliminated
    o Decor

• 2023 Sometime in November, you should also look at your plans for January. The New Year also approaches fast.

All this may seem a bit much to consider, but time waits for no one.

Schedule a couple of sessions this month with your team and do some planning.

GET PREPARED

And Seize the Future,

Ed

You can find links to references in this newsletter and more on our blog here:
https://www.worldspineday.org/

https://www.chiroeco.com/plan-now-for-national-chiropractic-health-month-2022-theme-announced/

https://pmaworks.com/observations/chiropractic-practice-marketing-ideas-for-fall-2016/