MODULE
5: STRATEGIES FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
PRICING YOUR SERVICES:
It is very essential for a funeral director to identify
the services that he can extend to his clients. This
will help him to prepare a rate chart as well aid
him in billing his clients. He can do this under the
following heads:
Basic Charge for Services of Funeral Director
and Staff/Overhead -
- staff
availability 24 hours a day · receiving the first
call
- coordinating
the release of the remains from the place of death
- liaison
with doctor, medical examiner or coroner
- making
funeral arrangements with the family of responsible
parties
- implementation
of funeral arrangements by coordination with the clergy,
cemetery, or crematory, musicians, florists, etc.
- preparation
and placement of media announcements
- preparation
and filing of all documents
This fee for
our BASIC SERVICES AND OVERHEAD will be added
to the cost of the funeral arrangements you select.
Along with
the above he can individually break up his fees in the
following heads
- Embalming
(basic) + Additional charge for embalming involving
autopsy, organ donation, etc.
- Dressing
and Cosmetology
- Disinfection
- Refrigeration
- Coffin
charges
- Transportation
Charges
- Floral
decorations
- Arranging
transfer of body across borders
- Charges
for obituaries
- Electric
cremation
- Any additional
charges
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