Breaking Free of Managed Care
A Step-by-Step Guide to Regaining Control of Your Practice
Dana C. Ackley
I. Looking Beyond Managed Care
1. Descent, Recovery, and Our Future
2. Restoring Professional Self-Esteem, Rediscovering Our Value
3. The Business of Practice
4. Conceptual Changes We Must Make
II. How to Build a Private Pay Therapy Practice
5. The Fundamental Strategy
6. How to Learn from Your Market and Where That May Lead
7. Planning the Business of Your Practice
8. How to Market Traditional Services
III. Diversifying Your Services: Taking Your Skills to the Workplace
9. New Applications for Your Skills: People-Consulting in the Workplace
10. Learning from Those in the Workplace and Where That Can Lead
11. Making a Business Plan for People-Consulting in the Workplace
12. Marketing and Selling to Business
Afterword
Appendix: Resources