Back in April, I wrote How to Avoid Collection Agencies When Your Clients Owe You Money. Last week, Ruth wrote in to ask a follow up question that most of us will need to face at one time or another so I decided I would respond to it in a post. She wrote . . .
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How To Disentangle Your Private Practice From Managed Care
Sometimes managed care companies change the terms of their contracts. Most contracts allow either party to terminate the contract without cause i.e. "a material breach of a contract term" at their discretion. Sometimes a therapist's finances change such that s/he needs to resign from a provider {...}
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How To Avoid Collection Agencies When Your Clients Owe You Money
Last year I was hanging out on LinkedIn when I noticed a therapist had started a thread of discussion on using collections agencies to recover money owed by a client. The therapist was asking for other mental health professionals' experiences and opinions.
My colleague and e-friend, Jay Ostrowski, {...}
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When Your Counseling Client Bounces A Check . . .
Have you ever had a client pay you with a check and then it bounced? And, then the client didn't show up again for an appointment? Nor does he answer his phone calls or emails?
I get this scenario presented to me all the time from mental health professionals . . . typically followed with the {...}
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