Creating and Cultivating Physician Referrals

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What you need to know Creating and Cultivating Physician Referrals

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What you need to know

Creating and Cultivating Physician Referrals

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Make sure local physicians know:- Your clinic’s strengths- Your clinic’s specializations- Your mission With this knowledge,Physicians will know how andwhen to refer to your practice!

Make Yourself Known!

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Keep physicians up-to-date on their patient’s progress and communicate regularly.

This will keep your practice on your physician’s mind, build their confidence in your practice, and help you work in tandem for the patient’s health!

Consistency

Show up at a physician’s office for face-to-face relationship building!

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Find Physicians that communicate well with you, and learn their schedules.

Streamline your referral process, so that everything from initial contact to billing is clear and simple.

Happy Physicians will be pleased to recommend your practice for further treatments!

Accommodate

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- As physical therapy practices become more autonomous, certain responsibilities may shift from the physician to your practice

- Be prepared to fill in the gaps

PrepareDid you know?

1/3 of physician referrals do not include a medical

diagnosis. Physicians often simply

include”pain.”

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- As physical therapy practices become more autonomous, certain responsibilities may shift from the physician to your practice

- Be prepared to fill in the gaps

Keep CaringPhysicians tell each other to watch your practice!

Pay attention to conversion rate, average scheduled frequency, cancellation/no-show percentage, and

average visits per discharged case.

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