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Dr. FJ is live once a month to answer your questions!

Next LIVE Q&A is: 

Tuesday, February 11th at 11am EST

Session

Questions Covered

March 2025

  • Decompression Tables: Best options, pricing, and integration into patient plans
  • Lasers: Choosing the right Class IV laser and the importance of unattended models
  • Selling High-Ticket Treatment Plans: Overcoming sticker shock and securing patient commitment
  • Team Training & Communication: Ensuring consistency, handling scheduling mishaps, and improving patient interactions
  • Handling Objections & Tough Conversations: Communicating bad news, addressing price concerns, and setting expectations for treatment

FEBRUARY 2025

  • Patient Communication & Trust – Building rapport, acknowledging pain, and handling frustration effectively
  • First & Second Visit Fundamentals – Setting expectations, avoiding common mistakes, and balancing financial transparency
  • Handling High-Ticket Items & Financial Conversations – Presenting treatment costs with confidence and ensuring patients see the value
  • Patient Commitment & Retention – Encouraging long-term care without being pushy and maintaining strong relationships
  • Office Systems & Growth – Optimizing doctor-patient interactions, managing re-exams, and improving efficiency
  • Training & Events – Key takeaways from upcoming Vegas and Chicago training events

January 2025

  • What should be organized before hiring an associate?
  • What type of associate is the best fit for your practice?
  • Should you hire someone who eventually wants to start their own practice, or someone focused on patient care who might stay longer?
  • How can you ensure the associate’s role is clear and stress-free?
  • What systems can be implemented to allow associates to focus solely on adjusting, exams, and notes?
  • Why is creating a care plan matrix important?
  • How can standardized recommendations for different conditions improve patient outcomes and reduce emotional decision-making?
  • How can the consultation process be improved to build value?
  • Why is repeating patient concerns back to them and addressing chronicity critical for patient commitment?
  • What steps should be taken to streamline financial discussions?
  • How can clear and consistent financial plans reduce stress for patients and associates alike?
  • How can a renewal process ensure patient continuity?
  • What systems can transition patients smoothly from one phase of care to the next?
  • Why is detailed patient documentation essential?
  • How can maintaining thorough EHR or travel cards help associates understand patient histories and improve care?
  • What role does staff training play in preparing for an associate?
  • How can training team members to handle consultations, financials, and renewals free up the associate's time?
  • How can front desk operations support associate onboarding?
  • What processes can improve patient flow and reduce administrative bottlenecks?
  • How should you evaluate your practice’s financial readiness for hiring?
  • Is the practice profitable enough to sustain an associate, even during slower months?
  • How can patient communication improve care and business outcomes?
  • Why is it important to build rapport, explain care recommendations clearly, and detach emotionally from outcomes?

December 2024

  • How do you prepare your practice to bring in an associate?
  • What should you look for in an associate to ensure a good fit?
  • How do you train and integrate an associate into your practice?
  • Should you hire an associate who can build your business or focus on caregiving?
  • How can you structure a team to handle consultations, financials, and other non-clinical tasks?
  • What are the financial considerations and timelines when hiring an associate?
  • How do you avoid burnout and create a sustainable schedule with an associate?

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April 2023

March 2023

  • How many PV should I be averaging before hiring on a 2nd CA?
  • What aspect of the patient visit should I be delegating to the CA?
  • Can I get my staff to help with XRays? Is the beneficial and what do they need for that?
  • You always tell us to delegate, but what difference does it actually make?
  • How many weeks should I offer in my care plans? and what should I do if there's a husband and wife together?

February 2023

  • I'm a New Doc - how do I get New Patients?
  • Is it worth spending money on marketing? How do I know if it's actually benefiting and bringing in more money?
  • When should I hire my first CA?

January 2023

  • How should I do a New Patient Special? Is that important to have?
  • Is it better to do a FREE Patient Special then them having to pay?
  • What should be included in a New Patient Special?
  • Should I do it even if I'm losing money?
  • Are there any legalities to think about?
  • What's a Friends and Family card? Do these actually work?
  • My commitment rate is at 50% - what's going on?
  • What's a PPT day and why should I have one during the work week?
  • PTO - how to do this with your team?
  • How often should I do team meetings?

December 2022

  • How to increase my volume?
  • How can I see higher volume with a technique that takes longer?
  • Why is having 1 room a HUGE mistake?
  • What can I train my patients to do that helps with patient volume?
  • 100 patients a day makes me exhausted, how can I still see this volume but more efficient?
  • What can I realistically delegate to my team?
  • My office is growing and I'm having huge success, but how can I find a balance between family and office? I'm not home as often as I want
  • My ROF is 45 min, while XRays and Financials all take so much time away from me adjusting, how can I make this shorter or be more efficient about this?
  • I didn't hit my goals this year and I'm having a hard time with that, what can I do to make sure I don't have a repeat year?

November 2022

  • How to transition over to a unique technique or offering in your practice
  • How to adjust your patients' financial responsibility
  • How to adjust your internal/external marketing for new techniques and offerings in your practice
  • How to utilize education for your patients
  • How do you handle getting home at a certain time to your family when you're in the middle of growth
  • How do you begin sharing duties with your team? What CAN you delegate?

October 2022

  • Can we hire and pay our kids when they're little?
  • Are there any tax breaks to hiring your kids?
  • What is the Augusta rule and how do we use it?
  • What External Marketing is worth a try?
  • What do we talk to our team about during our Quarterly meets?
  • How do I figure out if my team isn't getting along?
  • What are some tax strategies we can implement in our office?
  • How long should videos be for marketing?

September 2022

  • How do I schedule my adjusting days?
  • How do I handle associate salaries?
  • Do you bonus associates?
  • What are the systems in place for your CA bonuses and salaries?
  • How and when do I start delegating?
  • Is it okay to delegate the Consult? Finances?
  • How do I know if I'm being in alignment with what is true for me?
  • How do I actually learn to enjoy the process of my office?

August 2022

  • How to setup your office based on YOUR productivity and business style
  • Why quarterly 1:1 reviews are crucial for team building & what to Cover with your team during these review
  • How to talk to your team about their office goals
  • How to implement a bonus system for your team
  • How newsletters help with patient retention and how many to send per month.
  • How to know if you're using a business model that is utilizing your strengths or if you're missing out by being half in/half out
  • Working with your Spouse

July 2022

  • How to add/offer a new service (i.e. decompression, therapy, laser) that costs more for existing patients?
  • How to adjust your plans with new services for new patients/reactivated patients?
  • When hosting screenings, why are hunting shows and gun expos not ideal?
  • Where are the best places to host screenings?
  • What should I have or offer at screenings? 
  • How to build retention from Screenings?
  • Verbiage to use for a Screening?
  • As a new doc, how do I plan time off?
  • What to do about established patients dropping off?
  • What’s the most important part about office talks to encourage the highest show to the first appointments?
  • What can help limit refunds and patient commitment?
  • How often should we do an office talk? How do I promote it?
  • Do Community Workshops Actually work? What topics should we cover?
  • What are the High Performing Workshops that Deliver the Most New Patients

June 2022


  • How to avoid burnout
  • How to fix burnout and come back from it with better strategies in place
  • Systems and Visions and their relationship to Burnout
  • How to know what to delegate
  • Where to hire people for certain tasks
  • How to afford delegating tasks
  • Can I delegate X-Rays, Consultation and Finances
  • How do you start teaching scripts and processes to your team?
  • How to prioritize your commitments?
  • How to defend your energy?
  • How do you break up your day/week
  • How to focus your energy throughout the week, including rest
  • Opening and closing a talk
  • Marketing your story

May 2022

  • What do I charge if I'm new in practice with my plans?
  • What is the benefits of per visit rates/plans?
  • What is the ideal commitment rate for double digit new patients?
  • How many plan options should I offer?
  • How do I implement auto debit in my practice?
  • When should I use care credit vs. auto debit?
  • How do I know when to raise my fees?
  • Besides the adjustment, what else should I be charging for?
  • How do I get more compliant patients?
  • What/who do I need in my practice before hiring an associate?

March 2022

  • How do I know when I am ready for an Associate?
  • What are the fastest ways to grow?
  • I am struggling creating a team, what do i do? 
  • I can't keep anybody what am I doing wrong? 
  • I am not getting the new patients I used to what should I do? 
  • I have no family time what should I change? 
  • How do I train my team? 
  • How do I get my cash collections up?
  • Best way to get an associate to communicate with patients to increase PVA?

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