Appointment

How do I make an appointment?
Appointments can be made by calling me on my cell phone 0705-931557 or by sending me an email to info@davidaston.se . Please oversee that I do not answer my phone when I have patients or involved in tuition. If I do not answer my phone, please leave a message and will return to you as soon as possible.

Some patients who have been with me earlier book also make appointments with SMS text messages New patients, however should contact me by email or telephone so that a discussion can take place regarding what help you need. It could be that there is obviously an injury or condition that should not be managed by me but should be referred to a physician.

How quickly can I get some time for examination and treatment?
I am convinced of the importance of quickly giving help for acute disorder, within a few days and sometimes even within 24 hours. However I can not assure you that I always have the opportunity to make an appointment fast. This may depend on whether I am busy with teaching or if I am enrolled in any continuing education myself. If you do not have any acute symptoms can sometimes wait up to a week or two. In some cases, counselling by phone and e-mails also can occur.

How fast you can get an appointment is depending a bit on how flexible you are with the times. I do not have a "drop in" which means that all visits must be booked in advance.

How much does a visit cost?
The price per visits is 400 SEK. Payments in cash or if no debt history exist registered at the Enforcment Athorithy (Kronefogden), an email invoice can be sent to you for payment through your online banking. Any charge for the transaction from your bank you have pay for.

I work as a physiotherapist in private practice without a contract with the county council and I am not publicly funded.

Today it is not possible to pay with credit cards. It would of course be useful to reduce the cash for all parties but due to the relatively high fees that banks and their partners who are providing readers charge us small business, it is unfortunately to expensive to have a credit card reader.

What should I do if I have cost my email invoice I received?
You can pay for the visit through your Internet bank. Bankgirot to my business account is 5528-1976 and the company name is DA Optimal Health. If you pay through your online banking, enter your full name and invoice number in the message field. If you do not remember the invoice number, you can mail me and I will send it to you. OCR number should not be used.

It is important if you have not received an email invoice, check your spam box every few days to see if my email with the invoice accidentally ended up there.

As for the deduction and billing for companies?
Billing via email after the agreement can be made to the company. Billing fee to companies is SEK 25. A credit check will be made alternatively, the payment must be done before treatment. Of course you're welcome to pay cash when a receipt will be given.

Keep in mind that my actions are deductible for the company when it counted to occupational health and vocational rehabilitation as they are intended to enable you to continue your work. The reason for this deduction is that I am active as a private practice physical therapist without public funding.

Reading and study are without VAT when it counted to medical care performed by a healthcare provider with ID.

If you have any private health insurance so this usually cover the cost of rehabilitation, even with me in the context of what is stipulated. Payment is however to me in cash or by invoice, and you may subsequently account for your expenses to the insurance company. Contact your insurance company about what procedures will apply. If necessary I can send the record copy to the insurance company.

How do I do if I am already listed on a health centre or a private clinic?
There is a free choise for rehabilitation and physical therapy in
Scania (Skåne), which means that you as a patient can seek me as independent physical therapist without a referral. Hälsovål in Skåne (called Vårdval the rest of Sweden) with the list aims to county-run or private health clinics to commit patients to its clinics since each patient is listed gives tax-funded grants to the clinic (even if you do not visit the clinic).

Of course, like the clinic where you are not listed on that you are looking for any other medical centre, accredited medical clinic or physical therapist with the establishment when in such cases, "losing" you in their list and lose the tax-funded subsidies, alternatively, they become liable to pay visits to the physiotherapist with establishment. But the health care where you are listed with they lose nothing if you come to me as I am an independent physiotherapist. I do not compete for the taxpayer-funded subsidies, in that you pay for visits by yourself.

"When you increase the intensity of exercise, it follows that you must decrease the amount of exercise"
Ellington Darden.