Can Healthsource Chiropractic change the fee for the optional marketing program at any time?
Healthsource_Chiropractic Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- b. In the future, we may also establish a program to provide additional marketing services to Clinic franchises involving the placement of individuals on a local basis to perform marketing activities. This program is optional for Clinic franchises. If you choose to use this marketing program, you must agree to pay the fee determined by us. You will only be permitted to use this program if you pay this fee. We reserve the right to change the amount of this fee at any time. If we choose to establish this program in the future, and you choose to purchase this optional program, you agree to comply with all specifications and requirements contained in the Operations Manual concerning this program. This fee does not represent payment for the referral of customers or patients to you, and you acknowledge and agree that the services we offer to you and our other HealthSource Chiropractic franchisees do not include the referral of customers or patients.
Source: Item 23 — Receipts (FDD pages 77–282)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Healthsource Chiropractic's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Healthsource Chiropractic may establish a program to provide additional marketing services to franchisees, involving the placement of individuals on a local basis to perform marketing activities. This program is optional for franchisees. If a franchisee chooses to use this marketing program, they must agree to pay the fee determined by Healthsource Chiropractic.
Healthsource Chiropractic reserves the right to change the amount of this fee at any time. The franchisee is only permitted to use this program if they pay this fee. If a franchisee chooses to purchase this optional program, they agree to comply with all specifications and requirements contained in the Operations Manual concerning this program.
This means that Healthsource Chiropractic has the discretion to adjust the fee for the optional marketing program whenever they deem it necessary. This could impact a franchisee's budget and profitability if the fee is increased significantly. Franchisees should carefully consider the potential costs and benefits of participating in the optional marketing program, knowing that the fee is subject to change.