When Patient Demands Should Raise Your Fee
james2026-06-16T00:00:00-04:00Can patient behavior and demands raise the fee on a case? They should, and you are within your rights to let them. Not every factor that drives a fee is clinical. A patient who needs it fast, who can only be seen on one specific day, who can only sit twenty minutes before needing a break, who has a long list of personal wants and demands, all of that costs you. It costs scheduling flexibility, chair time, and stress on your team. Those non-clinical realities belong in the fee conversation, not absorbed silently while you quietly resent it. Put patient behaviors [...]