ACU-055 Business Basics: How To Run Multiple Treatment Rooms with Megan Lindsey DACM
AcuSprout: Acupuncture Podcast
07/18/23
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Explore What Jane Has To Offer!!! Are you ready to level up? Not sure how to transition from 1 room to 2 or 3? This is such a common question I often get from my coaching clients.
How do you treat 2 patients an hour? As a business coach to new practitioners, I get this question SO often! So... I called in my friend Megan who purchased a very busy clinic as a relatively new practitioner and basically started her career treating multiple patients an hour.
We all definitely have our comfort zone as practitioners, but I think it’s important for you to consider getting to two rooms as quickly as possible. It’s more time and financially efficient and oh-so-fun! As new practitioners we often spend way too much time and do way too much per visit in one hour. Running 2 rooms an hour forces you to be efficient with your time and trust your needles to do the work. I promise it works! Listen in as Megan and I share our processes.
today’s guest
MEGAN LINDSEY, DACM, OWNER OF SILVER SAGE ACUPUNCTUREMegan completed a bachelor’s degree in psychology from California State University Northridge before switching gears and coninuing her education at Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a Taoist school with a 38-generation lineage, located in Los Angeles, Ca. She is a Nationally Ceritfied Diploamate of Oriental Medicine and a California Board licensed acupuncturist. After graduating in 2014 she struggled with opening her own clinic and finding her way. After some stops and starts in 2017, she landed on purchasing an acupuncture clinic from a practitioner who was retiring, She has unique insight into the pros, cons and profitability of this route of practice. More recently, she graduated from Pacific College of Health and Science as a doctor of acupuncture and Chinese medicine (DACM).
Megan is a direct and open person who has a knack for creating soft nurturing, aesthetically soul comforting environments. Her space helps patients sink deeply into healing while feeling safe and supported. She advocates for her patients to empower themselves through education and lifestyle changes. Megan practices in a wholesome, raw, heart-centered way. She provides patients with the support and tools they need to gracefully pivot into and through, life’s challenges.
FIND HER HERE:Instagram: @silversageacupuncture
Website: Silver Sage Acupuncture
you’ll learn
- Megan breaks her treatment down minute by minute to show you how she works.
- I talk about my process when treating 2 patients an hour.
- We discuss some of the systems you need to have in place to streamline the process.
- Did you know that you can actually hold credit card information on file and run all payments at the end of the day to save time?
- How to get new patients scheduled for their whole treatment plan on the first visit.
- How to maximize your face to face time in order to fulfill proper treatment codes if you bill insurance.
- How to chart efficiently and quickly.
- Why treatment style matters if you run two rooms and take insurance.
- How to manage rescheduling and collecting money efficiently.
- How to train your patients and create healthy expectations from day one.
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ACU-054 Welcome to this episode of the AcuSprout podcast where we explore case studies with expert acupuncturists to learn more about the application of acupuncture in clinical practice. In this episode, we have Toby Daly, a licensed acupuncturist and expert in Saam acupuncture, to discuss his approach to treating inflammatory bowel disease using this modality.
today’s guest
DR. TOBY DALY, PHD., LAC.Toby recieved his undergraduate degree in Food Science from the California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo. He began studying Chinese medicine in 1997 with Sunim Doam, a Korean monk trained in the Sa'am tradition. He earned his masters degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2002 upon completion of training at the American College of TraditionalChinese Medicine in San Francisco and Chengdu University in China.
During his four years of training in San Francisco, he interned with the prominent acupuncturist Dr. Angela Wu and learned to apply the lofty theories he was studying in school into the pragmatic setting of a busy clinic.
In 2013, he developed the Chinese Nutritional Strategies app to provide digital access to the wealth of Chinese dietary wisdom. In 2016, he completed a PhD in Classical Chinese Medicine under the guidance of 88th generation Daoist priest Jeffery Yuen. In 2021, he developed the Chinese Medical Characters app to enable direct access to foundational Chinese medical terms and concepts. In 2023 he published his first book, An Introduction to Chinese Medicine: A Patient’s Guide to Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Nutrition & More.
He lectures internationally, sharing his 25 years of clinical experience with the Saam tradition.
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- Toby’s introduction to Sa’am while traveling in India and perchance meeting a Korean wandering monk beats any “entry to the medicine” story I have ever heard!
- We talk a bit about the wandering monks and what their lifestyle looks like.
- Toby presents an acupuncture case study where the patient has severe Irritable Bowel Disease that was unresponsive to western pharmaceutical medications.
- We journey thru this case thru the lens of Sa’am acupuncture which is based on yin/yang, five phases and six confirmations.
- Lastly, Toby discusses his 4 needle selections with a brief description of why he chose them.
- Then we follow up with how the treatment plan went and how his patient is doing now.
resources
- Toby’s new book, An Introduction to Chinese Medicine: A Patient’s Guide to Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Nutrition & More
- Toby has a Chinese medical nutrition app that I used extensively when I was in school. His latest app is Chinese Medical Characters. Check them out here.
- Want to learn more about the DAOM at ACCHS? Contact Phil Settels here, and be sure to put DAOM/AcuSprout in the header.
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Proper medical charting is crucial in maintaining accurate and organized records for your acupuncture practice.
ACU-056 This highly requested episode comes on the tails of episode 055 where Megan and I discussed treating multiple patients an hour. As a result of that episode I got a lot of requests to review proper medical charting and specifically what should be in the re-evaluation. Listen in as Megan and I discuss proper medical charting for your acupuncture practice.
you’ll learn
- Why proper charting is SO important. It’s not just about getting paid!
- What the language of medical charting consists of.
- The most important items the need to be in the evaluation and follow ups.
- What should NOT be in the evaluation.
- What S O A P stands for.
- What the heck is OPQRST and how can it help you streamline your interview?
- How to use “life effect” as part of the rating scale.
- What outcome assessment tools are and how to use them to ensure reimbursement.
- How to use CPT codes properly.
- Why a prognosis is so important and how to frame it.
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