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Praise for Dr. Tom Necela’s Consulting Work

Dr. Tom Necela is the best business investment I have ever made. With his compliance training and coaching I have been able to develop policies and procedures that not only increase my bottom line but also provides me a superior level of confidence regarding insurance compliance and documentation regulations. Tom's information should be the first business expense a chiropractor makes every year!"

—Heather Denniston DC (Issaquah, WA)
Hired Tom as a Chiropractic Business Consultant in 2009, 2010


Thank you so much for living up to my expectations of you! I had high hopes in hiring you and you have already exceeded them. And that’s impressive since I thought I was ahead of the game after reading all your stuff and being with consultants the last 7 years. Thanks also for your assistance with my exam notes – my notes are awesome and I am confident that they produce very structured and defensible E/M documentation now. Thanks for making E/M coding so simple to understand. We have stopped under-billing our exams. I am looking forward to our next call and am open to new ideas you have in regards to practice style, philosophy and business.

—Matt Kirkham, DC (LaPorte, IN)
Hired Tom as a Chiropractic Business Consultant in 2009, 2010


“Tom is hands down the best Business Consultant I have ever had. He is an expert at what he does and keeps it simple for the rest of us. He can help you make your business more profitable, more compliant, more effiecient and more fun. All you have to do is give him a call. Best money and Return on investment I have had in years.”

—Eric Hansen, DC (Redmond, WA)
Hired Tom as a Chiropractic Business Consultant in 2009, 2010


Tom, Just wanted to let you know, we are doing GREAT since your visit to our office! Everybody is wanting to get our documentation, billing and coding procedures right, especially me. I am learning lots from your suggestions for improvement that I never took the time to learn. I predict we will double our goal that you sent me in the ROF. Thank you!

—Shawn Gay, DC (Arlington, WA)
Dr Gay is the Past President Washington State Chiropractic Association
Hired Tom as a Chiropractic Business Consultant in 2009, 2010


Dr. Tom, Things are going great. Your help with our billing and coding issues has been much appreciated and so useful! My charges are increasing and my patient load is much better also. My monthly services are up $7K from the first 5 months of this year! All we have done so far is to utilize your billing & coding suggestions. We (my receptionist Amy & myself) are pumped and it is showing in the stats! I can’t thank you enough! Your new best friend, Terry.

—Terry Erdman, DC (Tigard, OR)
Hired Tom as a Chiropractic Business Consultant in 2008, 2009, 2010


We originally hired Dr. Necela to be the coach for our two practices. Our intent was for him to fine tune the procedures, staff and billing in both offices. In those areas he has done a superb job. Unfortunately, I became ill in 2009 and was not able to practice. Ultimately Dr. Ann & I had to come to the decision that we would have to sell my practice. During a very stressful time in our life, Dr. Tom came to the rescue. Dr. Tom turned lemons into lemonade for us in a time where we could have lost everything. Through our 25 years in practice we have had many coaches. But we have never had a coach that went the extra mile to make sure our livelihood was not taken from us. If you are looking for a coach that does what he says he will do, then Dr. Tom Necela is the coach for you.

—Drs. Thomas & Ann Klesmit - Rockwall, Texas
Dr. Tom Klesmit is President of the Texas Chiropractic Association District 5
Hired Tom as a Chiropractic Business Consultant in 2009, 2010


“If you are tired of trying to figure out how to navigate insurance systems when you would rather be focused on providing excellent care to your patients, then Dr. Tom Necela is the business partner for you! Working with Dr. Necela has maximize our collections by creating efficient systems to properly document and bill for services that we were already providing to our patients. I would highly recommend Dr. Necela's services if you want to increase your comfort in practice while also increasing your profits!”

—Misty Gargan, DC (Lynwood, WA)
Hired Tom as a Chiropractic Business Consultant in 2009, 2010


“Dr. Necela did an on-site practice evaluation and then coached me through the recommended changes in many areas relative to how I ran my practice especially detailing with proper billing, coding and documentation methods. He is a top notch mentor that all in our profession should hire if they are interested in working not only smarter but safer; rather than harder at greater risk!

—Frederick Swendsen, DC (Puyallup, WA)
Hired Tom as a Chiropractic Business Consultant in 2009, 2010


Thanks for the Report of Findings following your visit to our office – it is exactly what I need! I appreciate your thoroughness and look forward to the changes we are going to make in this coming year.

—Jim Westerman, DC (Tucson, AZ)
Hired Tom as a Chiropractic Business Consultant in 2009, 2010


“Dr. Tom provided me with expert advice and consultation on matters of my business that had been troubling me for years. His tools of analysis and presentation of what he found made so much sense to me that it was hard to resist the solutions that he proposed. I've known Dr. Tom for over a decade, and he's only getting better.”

—Andy Rosser, DC (Olympia, WA)
Hired Tom as a Chiropractic Business Consultant in 2006


“Tom has provided us with the tools and the confidence that we are coding and billing properly in our practice. He is a great coach with excellent ideas and yet remains humble. We don't feel pressured or stressed during any of our coaching sessions. He truly is a great guy! Thanks Tom!”

—Drs Mike & Lisa Ilyankoff (Everett, WA)
Hired Tom as a Chiropractic Business Consultant in 2009, 2010


Tom, Thanks for your help! We have implemented all of the codes and your recommendations. Our visit charge is up about $15 which will produce over a $120,000 increase in the next year! No comments at all from patients!! Sweet!! I have had numerous good experiences with consultants in my 32 years of practice, but your advice produced the biggest, fastest return of all – with minimal effort on my part. Your consulting has been one of the best investments in my practice that I’ve made!

—Neil Towne, DC (Medford, OR)
Hired Tom as a Chiropractic Business Consultant in 2009


“It has been a privilege working with Tom over the past 6 months. His consulting services have positively changed the way I manage and operate my chiropractic practice, resulting in increased profits, improved compliance, and better office systems. His service has been an absolute asset to my business and I highly recommend his services to any chiropractor looking to improve their business.”

—Ryan Coogan, DC (Kirkland, WA)
Hired Tom as a Chiropractic Business Consultant in 2009, 2010


Dear Tom: I just wanted to take a minute and thank you for your help and assistance this past month. You have opened my eyes to all the hard work I have been doing for FREE! I had just spent 4 weeks pouring over CPT code books looking for the right code for the procedures I was using in my office but not getting paid for (with the new work I have been doing, it is taking more time, but I was not making any more money – I was frustrated). In one free 15 minute (really almost 45 minutes) consultation, I knew Tom was the real deal and was not blowing smoke - so I hired him. My 1-2 hour ROF about my practice, my codes and my fees was mind blowing! (and lasted over 3 hours!) At minimum I was losing over $87,000 a year (and all I have to do is claim it – no extra work!). This guy is pennies on the dollar compared to other coaches I have used and in less than a few days, I made back EVERY Dime – go figure. And he is going to continue to help me for the rest of the year with lots of unexpected benefits – Thanks Tom.

—Russel Smith, DC (Cedar City, UT)
Hired Tom as a Chiropractic Business Consultant in 2008, 2009


I have changed my whole fee schedule to the one you gave me, not one patient cared. Besides the one coding issue, I believe I have everything in place and there are very few mistakes occurring. Despite the setbacks, I love where my office is in the big scope of things. I learn from each mistake and by now I am reaching an Einstein level. :) Thanks Tom, I haven't been in touch but you have helped my practice soo much!!!

—George Keogh, DC (Tacoma, WA)
Hired Tom as a Chiropractic Business Consultant in 2009, 2010


So far what you have provided for my office is this: an intentional, methodical way to organize patient care to improve patient health and to get paid for what I do! The more structure there is to the running of the office leads to a few thoughts: #1 greater patient care #2 greater patient satisfaction #3 more referrals because of patient satisfaction #4 higher income based on getting paid for what we do! = loving life! Thanks and I look forward to receiving your documentation review also!

—Marisa DeLisle DC (Shoreline, WA)
Hired Tom as a Chiropractic Business Consultant in 2009, 2010


So far your ideas are brilliant. I have been putting all of your suggesting and techniques in place. Since I’ve only been a client for about a month, it may be too early to give results at this point -- but our services for October jumped $15,000.00!!

—Brian Petrie, DC (Raynham, MA)
Hired Tom as a Chiropractic Business Consultant in 2008, 2009




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