Need Advice - How do you charge for treating Colleagues or Not charge at all...

[Guest guest]

Wanted to pose a question out there to all practitioners.

 

If you are asked to treat a COLLEAGUE (Another Doctor), or one of

their family members..

 

a) Since Doctors often give a courtesy to other Doctors and their

family, do you waive your fee totally ? Or do you charged a reduced

amount ?

[Guest guest]

I've charged practitioners full price and other practitioners have gotten

services from me for free. In my opinion this is 100% social context. There

is no correct answer.

 

I had one practitioner come to me and insist on paying full price. They

believed (and rightly so) that if you pay a discount, you get a discounted

service. There is some truth to this no matter how much we like to think

otherwise. Full price gets you a practitioner who's incentive is better

aligned to that of the patient. Incentive matters.

 

-al.

 

On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 4:49 PM, Mercurius Trismegistus <

magisterium_magnum wrote:

 

> I'm just a student, but my understanding is it's professional courtesy.

>

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> " d.siena " <sienasmiles <sienasmiles%40sbcglobal.net>>

> <Chinese Traditional Medicine <Chinese Traditional Medicine%40>>

> Sunday, November 16, 2008 9:39 AM

> [Chinese Traditional Medicine] Need Advice - How do you charge for treating

> Colleagues or Not charge at all...

>

> > Wanted to pose a question out there to all practitioners.

> >

> > If you are asked to treat a COLLEAGUE (Another Doctor), or one of

> > their family members..

> >

> > a) Since Doctors often give a courtesy to other Doctors and their

> > family, do you waive your fee totally ? Or do you charged a reduced

> > amount ?

>

 

 

--

, DAOM

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I'm just a student, but my understanding is it's professional courtesy.

 

 

-

" d.siena " <sienasmiles

<Chinese Traditional Medicine >

Sunday, November 16, 2008 9:39 AM

[Chinese Traditional Medicine] Need Advice - How do you charge for treating

Colleagues or Not charge at all...

 

 

> Wanted to pose a question out there to all practitioners.

>

> If you are asked to treat a COLLEAGUE (Another Doctor), or one of

> their family members..

>

> a) Since Doctors often give a courtesy to other Doctors and their

> family, do you waive your fee totally ? Or do you charged a reduced

> amount ?

>

>

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>

> Post message address: Chinese Traditional Medicine

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[Guest guest]

I completely agree with Al.

 

If there are circumstances that lead you to do a sliding scale or even gratis,

then great. I've seen where full price yields better results. Wierd.....?....

 

Certainly there are the old traditions of healers being advised not to ever

charge Daosit masters for treatment but the context and society differences must

be considered. (Also don't know too many Daoist masters.)

 

Then there are members of the chiropractic community that never charge fellow

DC's....

 

So more questions than answers. What feels right to you?

 

Pete

-

Al Stone

Chinese Traditional Medicine

Sunday, November 16, 2008 5:59 PM

Re: [Chinese Traditional Medicine] Need Advice - How do you charge for treating

Colleagues or Not charge at all...

 

 

I've charged practitioners full price and other practitioners have gotten

services from me for free. In my opinion this is 100% social context. There

is no correct answer.

 

I had one practitioner come to me and insist on paying full price. They

believed (and rightly so) that if you pay a discount, you get a discounted

service. There is some truth to this no matter how much we like to think

otherwise. Full price gets you a practitioner who's incentive is better

aligned to that of the patient. Incentive matters.

 

-al.

 

On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 4:49 PM, Mercurius Trismegistus <

magisterium_magnum wrote:

 

> I'm just a student, but my understanding is it's professional courtesy.

>

> -

> " d.siena " <sienasmiles <sienasmiles%40sbcglobal.net>>

> <Chinese Traditional Medicine <Chinese Traditional Medicine%40>>

> Sunday, November 16, 2008 9:39 AM

> [Chinese Traditional Medicine] Need Advice - How do you charge for treating

> Colleagues or Not charge at all...

>

> > Wanted to pose a question out there to all practitioners.

> >

> > If you are asked to treat a COLLEAGUE (Another Doctor), or one of

> > their family members..

> >

> > a) Since Doctors often give a courtesy to other Doctors and their

> > family, do you waive your fee totally ? Or do you charged a reduced

> > amount ?

>

 

--

, DAOM

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

 

[Guest guest]

Hi D,

 

Also just for the record, I always pay my acupuncturist full fee. Just want to

keep it clean.

 

She is not rich and needs to get paid for her education, skills and art. Just

feels right to not " owe something. "

 

I don't charge my wife for full treatment and have been known to " release a

couple of points " for close friends or collegues if it's a brief treatment.

 

That all being said, I think people that I want to work with know we all have to

pay the rent. I always thought that it's easier to do sliding scales coming from

a place of financial abundance and selectively offering where it's needed.

 

Pete

 

Pete

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d.siena

Chinese Traditional Medicine

Sunday, November 16, 2008 12:39 PM

[Chinese Traditional Medicine] Need Advice - How do you charge for treating

Colleagues or Not charge at all...

 

 

Wanted to pose a question out there to all practitioners.

 

If you are asked to treat a COLLEAGUE (Another Doctor), or one of

their family members..

 

a) Since Doctors often give a courtesy to other Doctors and their

family, do you waive your fee totally ? Or do you charged a reduced

amount ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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