Speech Therapy Private Practice Startup Podcast

Speech Therapy Private Practice Startup Podcast episodes:

• 06.14.2020

  54. Online Speech Therapy Business: Meet expressable.io founder Leanne Sherred, CCC-SLP

  Welcome PrivateSLP listeners to Episode 54! Today we are talking with Leanne Sherred, CCC SLP, founder and speech pathologist from expressable.io.   In today’s interview, We will find out exactly why Leanne Started her own business as we talk about the following: * Venturing...

  
• 04.06.2020

  53. The Perfect Student Interview: Meet Kyle White

  Welcome back PrivateSLP listeners, I would like to introduce The Perfect Student, Kyle White. Kyle is a super-motivated individual that is out to help as many kiddos in his community by providing some of the best pediatric therapy in the...

  
• 03.30.2020

  52. Managing Change in Your Speech Therapy Private Practice

  With the onset of COVID-19, I talk about making changes in your your Speech Therapy Private Practice. With sudden change comes anxiety, but in this episode, I look back at other events in my life that gave me the abilities...

  
• 12.28.2019

  51. PrivateSLP Year in Review

  2019 has been a great year for PrivateSLP, the Speech Therapy Private Practice Startup Podcast and Kyle’s clinics, Therapy Group of Tucson! When starting, growing or scaling a real speech therapy private practice, one of the benefits of learning from an...

  
• 11.10.2019

  50. Keep Doing What Your Doing & You’ll Get What You’ve Got

  Welcome to Episode 50 of the Speech Therapy Private Practice Startup Podcast! This episode is all about doing things differently to achieve maximum results in business and your personal life. To celebrate my 50th birthday this Christmas Eve, I...

  
• 06.29.2019

  49. Fully Committed and “All In” in Speech Therapy Private Practice

  In this episode I talk about the idea and mindset of being fully committed and “All In” in your own speech therapy private practice. So many times people start their own business and simply give up. They quit because...

  
• 04.30.2019

  48. Discipline in Speech Therapy Private Practice

  A speech therapy private practice is not always easy or fun and games. Many people suffer from the illusion that business owners are sitting around at the beach on their laptops getting rich while paying employees to do all of...

  
• 02.20.2019

  47. Private Practice Management Software with Beata Klarowska, M.S. CCC-SLP

  Today’s episode is all about practice management software with Beata Klarowska, M.S. CCC-SLP. Beata is a speech and language pathologist who started working on practice management software and apps after listening to a professor speak about telehelth services in...

  
• 01.28.2019

  46. How to Become Redundant in Speech Therapy Private Practice

  In a busy, growing speech therapy private practice, there simply isn’t enough time to make everything happen: Referrals, Faxing, Billing, Payments, Accounts Receivable, Follow Up, Service Delivery, Cleaning, Payroll, etc. That’s why the goal of every private practice owner...

  
• 11.27.2018

  45. Teletherapy and Online Therapy Services: What You Must Know

  In today’s episode, I have a great conversation about online and telepractice therapy services with the founder and CEO of BlinkSession.com, Eric DeGrove. Eric and his wife (who is a speech & language pathologist) started a new outpatient clinic...

  
• 10.24.2018

  44. Onboarding New Patients in Your Speech Therapy Private Practice

  Converting new referrals into weekly patients can be very exciting in your speech therapy private practice, but if done incorrectly, it can cost you big time in the form of lost revenue, unnecessary wasted time and most importantly poor patient...

  
• 09.17.2018

  43. How to Scale Your Speech Therapy Private Practice

  Many people do quite well as a single provider in their speech therapy private practice. However, you’ll soon realize that there are only so many hours in a day, and that you can only see only so many patients...

  
• 08.16.2018

  42. Interview with Roy Harmon, Fusion Web Clinic

  In Episode 42, I speak with Roy Harmon over at Fusion Web Clinic and discuss the ins and outs of a speech therapy private practice.  There many advantages to owning your own private practice, but there are some negatives, too. ...

  
• 07.10.2018

  41. Comparing Corporations to Sole Proprietorships in Speech Therapy Private Practice

  Not everyone needs to be incorporated to have a business. There are advantages and disadvantages of both situations and in Episode 41, I address these questions and give some examples why each situation may work better for some.   Want to build...

  
• 06.17.2018

  40. Insurance Companies Pay on Their Own Time

  When we have our own speech therapy private practice, we work for our patients. In order to stay in business, we must receive patient co-pays, deductibles and co-insurances as payment at the time of service. If claims are to be...

  
• 06.03.2018

  39. Press “GO” and Be Consistently Good

  Let’s face it, many SLP’s worry about perfection. They want everything to be just right, families to like them all of the time, kids to come into the treatment all happy and leave excited, etc. Well, being perfect doesn’t...

  
• 05.14.2018

  38. The Speech Therapy Private Practice Mindset

  In this episode, I discuss the speech therapy private practice mindset and how it’s important for private practice success. I also list strategies that help you acquire and maintain this mindset so that you can start, grow or scale your...

  
• 04.10.2018

  37. Fear of Success

  It may seem counter intuitive, but I believe that some people may be more afraid of being successful than failing. When you look the flow charts of failure and success, failure is easy. A successful flow chart is more complex,...

  
• 03.15.2018

  36. Do This FIRST Before Making a Big Move

  Big moves in your therapy practice come in many shapes and sizes: New hires, a new lease, expanding additional clinics, paying taxes, the list goes on and on. In this episode, I discuss some things to consider...

  
• 03.11.2018

  35. More Mistakes to Avoid When Starting Your Speech Therapy Private Practice

  Recently, a listener named Darlene emailed me about starting her own speech therapy private practice. The more I read, the more I could see that she was unsure and scared about the process of getting started. She wanted to know...

  
• 02.14.2018

  34: Claim Denials in Speech Therapy Private Practice

  When you work with insurances in speech therapy private practice, you will have claim denials. In this episode, I discuss common causes of claim denials as well as speak about patterns and trends to watch out for when dealing with...

  
• 01.09.2018

  33: Responsibility in Speech Therapy Private Practice

  Responsibility in your speech therapy private practice  can come in many forms.  The most obvious is being responsible to your patients, showing up and delivering good quality treatments and working on your offer that converts.  There is also financial responsibility,...

  
• 12.06.2017

  32: Payment Audits in Speech Therapy Private Practice

  Going through an audit in speech therapy private practice can be frustrating, time consuming and scary (but it doesn’t have to be).  In this episode, I reveal a few items that a financial auditor will require from you as a...

  
• 11.01.2017

  31: Revenue and Expenses in Speech Therapy Private Practice

  In speech therapy private practice, there are two things that really matter if you want to stay profitable (and open for business). In this episode, I discuss revenue and expenses and the importance of managing the flow of money coming...

  
• 10.01.2017

  30: Encouragement – The Fuel for Speech Therapy Private Practice Growth

    When starting a speech therapy private practice, we need to have lots of hope to start (and grow) the business. Alfred Adler said, “Hope is the foundational quality of all change, and encouragement is the fuel which keeps hope alive.”...

  
• 08.29.2017

  29: Your Private Practice & the Travel Test

    Let’s face it, we all want (and need) to get away from time to time so that we can relax and spend time with our family. But when you’re in business, you may not get paid if you’re not seeing...

  
• 07.23.2017

  28: Ten Percent of Something is Better than One Hundred Percent of Nothing

  In Episode 28, I talk about the cost of doing business. When I was very young, my dad (who was a hard-working plumber with an 8th grade education – he had over 100 employees in his plumbing contracting company) made...

  
• 06.09.2017

  27: Bright, Shiny Objects (BSOs)

  Bright shiny objects (BSOs) are what destroy our motivation, desire and drive to start our speech therapy private practice.  It’s seems like wherever we turn, BSOs are distracting us from our ultimate goal:  Start, grow and scale our very own...

  
• 05.03.2017

  26: SOPs and the Noah Principal

  Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and the NOAH Principal are very important to remember as you start and grow your speech therapy private practice. In this episode, I discuss keeping notes and logging every aspect of your business on paper. You...

  
• 04.20.2017

  25: Attention to Detail for Speech Therapy Private Practice

  Attention to detail is very important in speech therapy private practice. In this podcast, I will discuss those “little things” that we as business owners do on a daily basis to set the standard of care in our speech therapy...

  
• 03.23.2017

  24: Cash Flow Basics for Speech Therapy Private Practice

  When you have a speech therapy private practice, you’ve got to have cash in the bank to operate appropriately.  Keep in mind, if you don’t have enough money to cover your expenses, then you’re really working for someone else, and...

  
• 02.16.2017

  23: Hiring Employees: What You Need to Know

  Hiring your first (or 35th) employee is a big deal, and doing things the correctly is important.  In this episode, I run through some of the most important things to consider when hiring your employees.  I recently went through a...

  
• 01.09.2017

  22: A Few Thoughts About Taxes and Speech Therapy Private Practice

  Welcome to the first episode of 2017! When a new year starts, the subject of taxes usually comes up. When you own a speech therapy private practice, you are responsible for making timely income tax and employee withholding payments to...

  
• 12.17.2016

  21: Goals Are Good But Systems Are Better

  As you start, grow or scale your speech therapy private practice, you must have systems in place. Systems are a set of rules or procedures that others can learn to accomplish a larger outcome. As an owner, these systems will...

  
• 10.31.2016

  20: Avoiding Burnout in Speech Therapy Private Practice

  When you are starting, growing and scaling a speech therapy private practice, you have to pace and take care of yourself. This can be difficult, especially in the early years of your private practice, because often you are taking care...

  
• 10.22.2016

  19: Payroll: What You Need To Know In Speech Therapy Private Practice

  If you have employees, check out Intuit Payroll. I have used this payroll service for years. I know there are other services out there; However, with 35 employees on the books, I like to look at all of the numbers,...

  
• 10.14.2016

  18: Negative Feedback: On a Positive Note

  It’s going to happen to us all, no matter how hard you try, no matter how many Starbucks cards you give away in your clinic for positive feedback, no matter how many families that you ask to leave positive reviews...

  
• 09.05.2016

  17: The Foundation of a Successful Speech Therapy Private Practice

  I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again:  If you want to have a successful speech therapy private practice, then work on your relationships with your clients, referral sources and employees.  In our profession, we really get to know...

  
• 08.17.2016

  16: Accepting Insurances: How to Have a Successful Speech Therapy Private Practice

  Many people contact me and ask this question, “How do I start a speech therapy private practice and just take cash and not deal with insurances and minimize headaches”? There isn’t an easy answer to this question, because with the increase...

  
• 07.15.2016

  15: Lessons Learned from the Side Streets

  I always take the side streets and back roads.  The other day I was thinking after I made it to the office, Speech Therapy private practice is comparable to the side streets in that it’s not always fast, you must...

  
• 06.17.2016

  14: You’re Either Consuming or Producing

  When you start, manage and grow your own speech therapy private practice, time is always limited. Let’s face it, there are only so many hours a day, right? Making a commitment to start a speech therapy private practice is important...

  
• 05.20.2016

  13: What You Need to Know: Scheduling Essentials In Speech Therapy Private Practice

  We really aren’t trained in graduate school to create boundaries for ourselves and say “no” sometimes.  When scheduling clients, we need to be clear and have expectations for clients and families so that we can do the best job possible. Treatment...

  
• 04.27.2016

  Speech Therapy Private Practice Is a Long Game

  When I am working with others, I always stress the importance of dedication and persistence.  You have to remember that success in anything that we do happens over time.  So many people think that making a few changes in their...

  
• 04.14.2016

  No Apps For This

  I was thinking the other day after speaking to this gentleman about his private practice.  With all of the technology at our finger tips, there is no substitute for old-school drive, desire, motivation and “elbow grease”.  He wanted to know...

  
• 03.20.2016

  10: Checklist for Out of Network Benefits

  Sharon, a SLP from Washington State emailed me recently (actually while I was in the hospital passing a kidney stone — there’s a first time for everything, right?!) regarding out-of-network benefits (OON). In this podcast, I discuss a checklist that...

  
• 03.08.2016

  Managing Distractions

  Distractions are everywhere. In today’s world, companies left and right are competing for just 2 seconds of our time in order to sell us something or capture our details. As a business owner, we have to remember that staying focused...

  
• 02.10.2016

  8: Managing Expenses In Your Speech Therapy Private Practice

  Managing your expenses is a key part in having a successful private practice. One way to do this is by using an Apple or Android device and certain applications. In this episode, I will share my experience with one application...

  
• 01.07.2016

  Cognitive Distortions

  Cognitive distortions are ways that our mind convinces us of something that simply isn’t true. These irrational thoughts are usually used to reinforce negative thinking or emotions, such as telling ourselves things that sound rational and accurate, but really only...

  
• 12.06.2015

  6: Six Principals For Business Growth

  If starting and running a speech therapy private practice were easy, everybody would be doing it. Winston Churchill was a British statesman who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to...

  
• 11.06.2015

  5: Your First Speech Therapy Office

    Your first office doesn’t have to be perfect.  As a matter of fact, easing into your new space and growing slowly over time is a smart way to manage cash flow while growing your referral base.  In this episode, you’ll...