Comments on: Referrals – To Pay Or Not To Pay? http://premiumwebsites.net/referrals-to-pay-or-not-to-pay/ Web Design and Social Media Consulting Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:48:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eric Walker http://premiumwebsites.net/referrals-to-pay-or-not-to-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Eric Walker Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:42:43 +0000 http://premiumwebsites.net/wordpress/?p=93#comment-29 Hi Dotty, Nice blog you have here. No...I wouldn't pay a flat $200 for a referral if your average client pays between $600 and $1200. Although for other business models it works. I know a lawyer who pays $90 for every referral he gets because the average return is between 5K and 7K. It makes more sense. Thank you, Eric Walker Hi Dotty,

Nice blog you have here. No…I wouldn’t pay a flat $200 for a referral if your average client pays between $600 and $1200.

Although for other business models it works.

I know a lawyer who pays $90 for every referral he gets because the average return is between 5K and 7K. It makes more sense.

Thank you,

Eric Walker

]]> By: Cory Blickenstaff http://premiumwebsites.net/referrals-to-pay-or-not-to-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Cory Blickenstaff Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:22:33 +0000 http://premiumwebsites.net/wordpress/?p=93#comment-28 Hi Dorothy, Great work on the blog. I need to check it out more often. I think you made a wise choice. I would not accept patients from a referral source that expected some kind of payment from me in return. This would create a conflict of interest and is bad news. In my field there are actually clinics set up exactly for this purpose. They are PT clinics owned by physicians, usually orthopedic surgeons. This way the surgeons are paying themselves each time they refer to PT. It also ensures over-utilization of PT services and is full of ethical dilemnas. Hi Dorothy,

Great work on the blog. I need to check it out more often.

I think you made a wise choice. I would not accept patients from a referral source that expected some kind of payment from me in return. This would create a conflict of interest and is bad news.

In my field there are actually clinics set up exactly for this purpose. They are PT clinics owned by physicians, usually orthopedic surgeons. This way the surgeons are paying themselves each time they refer to PT. It also ensures over-utilization of PT services and is full of ethical dilemnas.

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