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Getting Paid by Employers
Before meeting with an employer, develop your fee schedule for employers. You can use your current fee schedule -- which some DPC docs prefer -- or you can adjust it. For example, some practices revert to a single fee for any enrolled patient. This single fee for employer-based adults is usually an average of adult fee ranges you offer.
Once you have your fees set, you need a plan to get your money. Like the individual patient agreement, the employer DPC agreement should spell out the fees and how the fees will be paid. Most DPC clinics use ACH to directly draft employer payments right from their bank account once a month. This makes payment simple and inexpensive. You can certainly have employers pay you using other formats like debit card or credit card but ACH is the most cost-effective way.
You should set a payment date and invoice on the first of every month. You can allow the employer to set the payment date, but it is much easier to set one date for all employers (i.e. all payments occur on the 10th of the month). This helps keep all ACHs from employers at the same time. Be sure to share this plan openly with the employer so they understand how the process works.
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Getting Paid by Employers
Before meeting with an employer, develop your fee schedule for employers. You can use your current fee schedule -- which some DPC docs prefer -- or you can adjust it. For example, some practices revert to a single fee for any enrolled patient. This single fee for employer-based adults is usually an average of adult fee ranges you offer.
Once you have your fees set, you need a plan to get your money. Like the individual patient agreement, the employer DPC agreement should spell out the fees and how the fees will be paid. Most DPC clinics use ACH to directly draft employer payments right from their bank account once a month. This makes payment simple and inexpensive. You can certainly have employers pay you using other formats like debit card or credit card but ACH is the most cost-effective way.
You should set a payment date and invoice on the first of every month. You can allow the employer to set the payment date, but it is much easier to set one date for all employers (i.e. all payments occur on the 10th of the month). This helps keep all ACHs from employers at the same time. Be sure to share this plan openly with the employer so they understand how the process works.