Feedback Request:

My goal is to obtain a contract to provide TMS services for a local psychiatrist’s office.

However, statistics indicate 60-70% of major depression cases are being treated by primary care physicians.  When these patients fail antidepressant therapy, very few options are available for them.  I want to try to reach these patients by requesting referrals from primary care physicians.

While any physician can prescribe TMS therapy, insurance currently only provides reimbursement to psychiatrist & neurologist.

After establishing a partnership with a local psychiatrist, I plan to visit primary care clinics, present the material on the Web site, answer questions and request patient referrals.

• If you were or are a primary care physician & I visited your office, would you refer patients that haven’t responded to antidepressants for TMS therapy?
• If not, is there anything I could do differently so you would refer patients for TMS?
• The first time I contact a primary care clinic do you think it’s be better to request a brief sales visit or to offer a lunch meeting with food brought in for the physician(s) & their staff?

Any advice, ideas or recommendations you’d be willing to provide are greatly appreciated.

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Thank you!