Q:

Dr. Margolies,
                   I was wondering if you would be able to give me any 
insight on a  certain opportunity that was brought upon me. Recently 
I was asked if I would come into the city into a private company of 
about 150 people and provide Chiropractic services on site. The idea 
was that I would come into their office 1 day a week and service 
some of there employee's who wanted chiropractic care. At first I'm 
sure it would be only a handful of people, but once word got out it 
could easily grow into something. To be quite honest I wasn't so sure 
about this so I asked around to some of my close personal friends 
who work in the city and who also hold some important positions and 
the reponse from them was overwhelmingly positive. I was explained 
to that in Manhattan there are so many people working in their 
offices that they do not have time  leave for anything. The services 
that they request to come in to them durring the work day were 
endless. They have people comming in to do nails, give massages at 
the office, I even have a friend that told me his firm has a tailor 
come in every now and then to fit the employee's for their suits and 
by the end of the day the tailor had sold about 2 suits to every one on 
the trading floor. The reason being for all this was so that nobody 
has to leave their job and expense did not matter to them. I was 
explained to that if a chiropractor would come into their office it 
would definatly be something they would take advantage of. By the 
end of my questioning them I had one person guarantee me 2 
additional offices of about 100+  employee's each.
The bottom line was as long as these people didn't have to leave the 
office and it was something good for them it would be no problem 
for me to come in and provide chiropractic care.
Is there any legal matters I need to worry about in providing on site 
care? If not how could I go about this without devaluing 
chiropractic. I don't want to seem like the fast food delivery man of 
chiropractic. If anything it could be a chance to reach others who 
might not have tried chiropractic.It could be a very direct form of 
marketing.

A:

Thanks for the e-mail. This can be a great idea depending on how you 
work it. As far as liability issues .. if you have a license you can 
practice where you want excpet their may be some county business 
license issues as we all need a zoning clearance to practice with a 
business .. everyone wants a piece of the taxes. I doubt if any one 
will even care but it may be an issue .. it will be if you inquire so 
personally .. I would not and wait to be slapped on the wrist if there 
ever will be in the future. I would also call your malpractice carrier 
.. don't even think about doing this or even practicing without 
insurance .. to have them clear that corporate on site adjusting is 
covered or not .. it probbaly is.

Obviously .. there will be limited exam and evaluation time unless 
you have someone else help you with this or if their personal DC can 
supply you with info. 

To make this work even better be sure you try to attract other 
business on the same or other days of the week in different places 
close by. Have posters up on the elevator doors and on an easel near 
the door on where and what you are doing what you are doing and be 
sure to schedule either weekly or monthly workshops during the 
lunch hour on stress management to attract more business. 

Lots of luck

Oh .. this will only work profitably if you can attract volume.. the fee 
should be somewhat reasonable as well

Have a Great Day

Dr. M