Building Better Businesses in ABA

By Jonathan Mueller

Hi, I'm Jonathan Mueller and I believe that businesses don’t grow, PEOPLE grow. And people, in turn, grow their business. I started this pod to democratize access to the best business advice for owner... more

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The podcast currently has 42 episodes available.

Building Better Businesses in ABA episodes:

November 01, 2022EP 42: A Payer's (& BCBAs) Perspective on ABA with Yagnesh Vadgama of Magellan Health
A Payer's (& BCBAs) Perspective on ABA with Yagnesh Vadgama of Magellan Health

Yagnesh Vadgama is President/COO and VP Clinical Care Services - Autism for Magellan Health ... and he's also a BCBA. I've always loved how passionately and fluently he speaks for our field, as both a payer and as a BCBCA. He gave me a window into the future of our field (multdiiciplinary, value-based, equitable). And oh by the way, he's a huge Tribe Called Quest fan :) Enjoy, kind listener!
Resources:
Yagnesh on LinkedIn

Webinar (BHCOE) on Value Based Care (Yagnesh was part of the panel)

Primer on HEDIS measures

Outcomes frameworks Yagnesh references:BHCOE Outcomes Framework
ICHOM Autism Standard sets (webinar)
Autism Commission on Quality

"Scenario" by Tribe Called Quest (one of greatest songs of all time, in Jonathan's humble opinion)
Sponsored by Element RCM
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1h 10min
October 25, 2022EP 41: Combating Burnout & Leading Through Crisis with Dr. Becca Tagg
Becca's been a hero of mine since I saw her do a presentation on RBT Burnout in 2018. She comes across with utter clarity on her self-awareness, leadership, her ABA Practice, and her diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis two years ago. This conversation got me in the feels. Enjoy, kind listener!
Resources:
Becca on LinkedIn

Business of Behavior (Becca's podcast)

Del Mar Behavioral Health
Sponsored by: Element RCM
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46min
October 18, 2022Ep 40: Accelerating Insurance Credentialing & Healthcare Operations with Derek Lo
Accelerating Insurance Credentialing & Healthcare Operations with Derek Lo

Derek's vision for transforming healthcare credentialing and operations not only gave me crazy good energy in our conversation ... it's what led to a transformative partnership between Element RCM (my organization) and Medallion to make contracting & credentialing more efficient, improve compliance, and level-up ABA providers' compliance game. I'm all in: on Medallion, Derek, this conversation and our partnership. Enjoy, kind listener!
Resources
Derek Lo on LinkedIn

Element RCM is Medallion's trusted partner in the ABA field

Medallion

Diagnosis, Netflix Documentary Derek references
Sponsored by ElementRCM
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54min
October 11, 2022EP 39: What You Can Learn From F-15 Pilots & Military Leadership with Scott Snider
What You Can Learn From F-15 Pilots & Military Leadership with Scott Snider

Scott's a former Major and F-15 fighter pilot in the US Air Force and is the CEO/Co-Founder of Proven Behavior Solutions. Scott is a gentle soul as a leader and this conversation was amazing for the leadership lessons that generalize from the military: from the "direct orders" fallacy to continuity playbooks to creating a culture of direct feedback earned from trust. Enjoy, kind listener!
Resources
Scott on LinkedIn

Proven Behavior Solutions

Two books I reference:It's Your Ship: Management Techniques From the Best Damn Ship in the Navy (Captain Michael Abrashoff)
Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy Seals Lead and Win
Sponsored by ElementRCM
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52min
October 04, 2022EP 38: Founder of the ABA Clinic & Practice Owners LinkedIn Group, Lupe Castaneda
Founder of the ABA Clinic & Practice Owners LinkedIn Group, Lupe Castaneda

Lupe's middle name is "collaboration." Not really ... but it should be. He's spent his career as a (two-time) founder of a small consulting practice and a dude whose heart is genuinely in it for his field and his colleagues. And his origin story as an Adaptive PE instructor is extraordinary. Enjoy, kind listener!
Resources
Lupe on LinkedIn

Learn With ABA (Lupe's practice) - "improving lives one trainee at a time"

ABA Clinic/Practice Owners' Group on LinkedIn
Sponsored by: ElementRCM
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50min
September 27, 2022EP 37: Machine Learning & Clinical Decision Making with Mandy Ralston
EP 37: Machine Learning & Clinical Decision Making with Mandy Ralston
Mandy's a freaking breath of fresh air on ANY topic: algorithims on clincial decision making, her entrepreneurship journey, weaponization of the ethics code, oxford commas, memes, you name it. Always a pleasure getting real with Mandy. Enjoy, kind listener!
Resources
Mandy on LinkedIn

Why Entrepreneurs Need to Talk About Mental Health (Forbes article)

Mandy's world famous memes (Facebook): seriously, dudes and dudettes. They're, like, too good to be true!
Sponsored by: ElementRCM
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44min
September 20, 2022EP 36: Dissemination Through Podcasting with Matt Cicoria
Dissemination Through Podcasting with Matt Cicoria

But for a chance encounter at ABAI Boston, I might not have met the guru of ALL things related to Podcast dissemination, Matt Cicoria. We dish on podcasting, the field and our mutual love for mountain biking :). Enjoy, kind listener!
Resources
Matt on LinkedIn

Matt's Behavioral Observations Podcast (earn CEUs!)

The "Behavior Analysis of Lying" episode

Atomic Habits
Sponsored by: ElementRCM
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1h 16min
September 13, 2022EP 35: What's Your Revenue Cycle Management Strategy with Ryan Gilliam
Ryan Gillian is the President/COO of Element RCM and a former ABA practice owner. He's spent portions of his career working with big hospital systems on optimizing their Revenue Cycle function so we get into the nitty gritty of what our ABA field can expect based on regulations he's lived in billing/insurance/compliance/cash collection in the hospital world. Enjoy, kind listener!
Resources:
Ryan on LinkedIn

Free RCM organizational assessment (5 minutes) on Element's website
Sponsored by Element RCM
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55min
September 06, 2022EP 34: What a Janitorial Company Can Teach Us About Employee Retention, with Rami Paulus
What a Janitorial Company Can Teach Us About Employee Retention, with Rami Paulus

Rami is an extraordinarily thoughtful and articulate entrepreneur who fell in love with the ABA field as an adult. He's the Founder/CEO of Midwestern Janitorial (serving ABA organizations and medical providers) and he's taken an entirely different approach to building a janitorial business: focus first on your employees, then on your customers. I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation, not least of which were learning about his early years spent as a rebellious teenager, a heavy metal drummer and aspiring actor. Enjoy, kind listener!
Resources
Rami on LinkedIn

Midwestern Janitorial
Sponsored by ElementRCM
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47min
August 30, 2022EP 33: Lessons from a Recovering Private Equity-holic with Anirudh Sathya
Lessons from a Recovering Private Equity-holic with Anirudh Sathya

Anirudh saw the light after working insane hours in PE for causes that didn't align with his values. That inspired him to leave private equity to start Teamwork Healthcare in 2017 and his reflections on that transition are profound! Who else meets their future business partner through a cold call?!?! And he's building the next wave of tech to solve scheduling problems in our field, to boot. Enjoy, kind listener!
Resources
Anirudh on LinkedIn

Teamwork Healthcare (Anirudh's ABA practice)

Beta test and provide feedback on his scheduling technology, Team Builder (free!)
Sponsored by ElementRCM
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1h 3min

FAQs about Building Better Businesses in ABA:

How many episodes does Building Better Businesses in ABA have?

The podcast currently has 42 episodes available.