Is the Management Fee for a Healthsource Chiropractic franchise considered payment for patient referrals?
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 the 2025 Healthsource Chiropractic Franchise Disclosure Document, the fees associated with the optional marketing program do not represent payment for patient referrals. Healthsource Chiropractic may 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 Healthsource Chiropractic franchisees, and if a franchisee chooses to use this marketing program, they must agree to pay the fee determined by Healthsource Chiropractic. The franchisor reserves the right to change the amount of this fee at any time.
Healthsource Chiropractic emphasizes that the services they offer to franchisees do not include the referral of customers or patients. This distinction is important because referral fees can be subject to legal and ethical restrictions in the healthcare industry. Therefore, franchisees should be aware that any marketing services provided are separate from direct patient referrals.