Start A Therapy Practice Podcast

Start A Therapy Practice Podcast

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Start A Therapy Practice Podcast episodes

  • 025 Dillen Hartley
    Dillen Hartley is an Occupational Therapist and Co-Owner with Niel Visser, PT of Advanced Therapy Solutions which has 4 outpatient Physical and Occupational Therapy clinics and building number 5. Dillen is also a presenter for the certification course of Interactive Metronome and Interactive Listening Systems. He is also Co-owner of the Development Learning Institute which is a web-based language, reading and learning program for children and parents.
    Dillen had somewhat of a slow start as a small child but has more than overcome that. He received Occupational Therapy as a child which began his interest in becoming an OT. Dillen is from South Africa and came to the states as a travel therapist and now resides in South Carolina.
    What you will learn:
    • How his time working for other companies paid off when starting his own practice
    • How his business launched and acquired start-up money
    • How they performed their market analysis for their geographical area before they started their practice
    • How he and his partner transitioned from their full-time job to private practice
    • How his business re-invented itself after 10 years
    • How important personal mentorship is
    • How his practice decreases therapist turnover in the therapists they hire 
    • How to create a positive and healthy work atmosphere
    • How to market to a client once they are on the caseload
    • The different EMR's they have used and what they use now
    • How they operate their billing
    • How they went from almost 20% cancellation rate to under 10% 
    • How the market their practice - So many tips here 
    • Books that Dillen recommends
      59 min
    • 024 Jeanine Colburn: PT And Author Of The Small Patient Practice
      Jeanine has been in private practice for over 30 years and has even written a very helpful book titled The Small Patient Practice: A Beginners Guide to Starting a Pediatric PT, OT or SLP Solo Practice. 
      Jeanine has been a physical therapist in multiple states in the U.S. which gives her a unique insight into how therapy is conducted, billed and paid under different state systems.
      After her active duty as a Physical Therapist in the Air Force she began her private practice in the Early Intervention (EI) system.

       

      Here is what you will learn:
      • How she stumbled upon private practice by wanting to serve her local community
      • What motivated her to write her book: The Small Patient Practice
      • How to "get the coding right"
      • How she bills insurance companies
      • The main source she accessed to learn about billing regulations
      • How she aquired therapists to work for her
      • How she paid her therapists
      • Her best marketing tool
      • The importance of reading books about business
      • How she worked in Spain for a year and how you could too
      • The book that helped her realize how important her time is
      • Why you should not go cheapskate on educating yourself about running a small business
        55 min
      • 023 Andy Dalziell: Neurodevelopmental Therapist
        Andy Dalziell (Pronounced Dee-EL) is a Neuro-Developmental therapist in Scotland who has had a brick and mortar practice since 2002. Andy specializes in providing specific home-based intervention programs for infants, children, adolescents and adults who have learning and/or behavioral difficulties, developmental delay or individuals who are under-achieving.
         
        Andy has an eclectic practice and an exciting project in the area of movement. He calls this project “Better Movers and Thinkers” BMT.  This system was implemented by Andy with Olympians and Football players to train their minds and bodies for improved performance. He is now implementing this system in classrooms internationally.
         
        Andy also likes to do on site practice and training at different facilities throughout England in Europe and Dubai. When I talked to Andy for this podcast he was fresh off a plane back from Dubai for a training that he had taught.
         
        Here is what you will learn:
        How he markets his practice.
        Where most of his referrals come from
        Andy’s other revenue stream.
        What National Sport Named Andy a Movement Consultant for their team
        The positive and negative affects of private practice on his family
        The one thing that comes before money
        31 min
      • 022 Jo Muirhead - Accelerate Your Practice
        Jo has been doing therapy for 20 years and has had her own private practice since 2008 in Sydney, Australia.
        She is also a counselor and career development consultant.  Jo founded a consulting practice in 2009 to help other therapists in private practice.  Her energy is infectious, and she has a great message about private practice.
         Jo started her clinic by taking the hardest cases and the most involved clients.  Then, put simply, she gave superb service and got results. Her referrals grew from word of mouth, and she soon had a waiting list.
         
        Here is what you will learn:
        • The number one barrier for therapists who are just considering starting a private practice
        • What pushed her over the edge to begin a private practice
        • Why she doesn’t take or play the private insurance game
        • What she considers when hiring therapists for her clinic
        • What to put on your practice website
        • Her take on treating clients all day, everyday
        • How she helped implement an energy management training system that a corporation bought for $12,000
          And so much more…
          1 hr 4 min
        • 021 Carrie Clark On Opening Her Private Practice And Her Passive Therapy Income

          Carrie Clark is a Speech Therapist in Columbia, Missouri. She has a private practice clinic called The Children's Speech and Language Center. 

          She also has a passive income website at speechandlanguagekids.com.
          Carrie began her therapy career working in the public school system but became disillusioned due to the amount of work placed upon her and unreasonable co-workers. She began searching for a way out of her situation.  This lead her to both private practice and learning how to create passive income.
           
          Here is what you will learn:
          • How she started and how she grew
          • How she did billing at the beginning and how she does it now
            • How she worked out a sublease with a local pediatrician office
            • Why she does not bill private insurance
            • How she generates passive income
            • Her thoughts on using debt to start a business
            • How long it took her to build up a full caseload
            • What types of marketing work best for her
            • Her take on giving presentations in the community
            • What she uses to write progress notes
            • Her advice for therapists starting to think about private practice
              34 min
            • 020 Angela Hanscom - A Different Therapy Practice Business Model
              When I first read about Angela Hanscom and her Timbernook camps I thought here is an OT after my own heart.  She really thinks out of the box and has been super creative with her private practice.  She has developed a business that is not the typical private practice business model.
               
              Then I learned that she helps other therapists do the same thing and she now has a growing business.  At that point I reached out to her to see if she would join me in a podcast.
               
              She licenses her outdoor camp to other therapists and professionals so that they can run one in their own geographical area, wherever that may be. She provides a turn key, start to finish package that others can use.
               
              Here is what you will learn:
              • How she started
              • She didn't start with a business in mind - rather service to others
              • How she sets up a camp
              • How she scaled her idea to a business
              • The therapy philosophy of Timbernook camps
              • Why Timbernook camps sell out so fast
              • Where Timbernook camps can be hosted - No you don't need to own 20 acres of land
              • What  her Timbernook core business team looks like
              •  How she put her family first and worked her business around that priority

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                36 min
              • 019 Business Skills And Insights To Eliminate The Fear From Starting And Running A Private Practice

                "Average people see money through the eyes of emotion. Rich people think about money logically."

                This is a quote from an article at Yahoo Finance.

                Fear is an emotion which can cause you to think  illogically. This episode will give you some specific insight on business skills and whether you have what it takes to run a private practice or not.  If you already own a private practice, then you will learn some specific techniques on how to think about business and some tips on how to run your private practice well.

                I think you will find this information as inspiring as I did.  Please leave a comment about how rich people think differently and how you try to implement that way of thinking.

                Here is what is covered in this episode:

                • The business skills you need to run a private practice
                • Take the test to determine if your private practice idea is a good one
                • How to determine if your private practice idea will work without taking a risk
                • Who should you ask to see if your private practice is a good idea
                • Should you get a business degree
                • The Entrepreneur mind- how it works and how yours should work
                • What type of business model you should consider
                • Maslow's hierarchy and your private practice
                • What numbers you should track and when you should  track them
                • Is there such a thing as a bad customer
                • Other ways rich people think
                • Is money the number one motivator
                  • 39 min
                • 018 Inspiring! Speech Therapist Yvette McCoy And A Visit with James Lomuscio

                  Yvette McCoy is a Speech Therapist in private practice in Maryland. She has a brick and mortar clinic called Speak Well Solutions that provides Speech, Occupational and Physical therapy. Yvette has a great attitude toward her private practice and delivers a fun and insightful interview.

                  Here is what we cover:

                  • How she "accidentally" got into private practice
                  • Why she partnered with an OT and how she set that Partnership up
                  • What her biggest marketing tool is
                  • How she shamelessly markets her practice to local doctors - Learn her one tip that will be huge for your practice marketing
                  • How she pays the therapists she hires
                  • What tools she uses for billing
                    • James Lomuscio

                    I "met" James on Twitter using the #bizpt hashtag. I checked out his website and was intrigued by his tools for private practice therapists there. I thought you might be interested too so I invited James to visit with me about what his service offers.

                    Hability.net is a patient relationship management solution for therapists designed to help you
                    strengthen your relationship with patients. In this episode, James shares with us how this tool can help your private practice reduce no shows using text messages and emails which are automated and configurable.

                    Hability gives you the power to create one or more communication plans for your patients, and Hability automatically follows-up with each patient during and after their course of care. Each message is completely configurable, ensuring scheduled messages reflect your voice and your clinic's brand.

                    Hability is not just for PT's.  Any private practice therapist would benefit from this service.

                    50 min
                  • 017 Productivity – The Secret Sauce To Private Practice Marketing

                    I love different sauces, don't you? In my fridge there is Tiger Sauce, many different salad dressings, chili sauce, Tapatio, and one of my favorites, Show-Me Bar-B-Q Sauce.  You can really create the best meal with that special, secret sauce.

                    There's a secret sauce to managing a private practice too.  This secret is called productivity, and it's is all about learning to harness and control your time.  To run a successful private practice, you absolutely must learn to be productive.

                    If you leave a productivity tip in the comments below you will have a chance to win a FREE copy of my E-book to be given away May 24, 2014.

                    I have been very excited about this episode because it is one of the best ways I can help you make a positive change in your private practice and in your life. In this podcast, I will share some philosophical thoughts on productivity and some very practical tips and tools that you can use to improve your productivity. You will definitely want to check out the links at the end of this post.

                     

                    Here are some of the insights you will learn:

                    • How productivity helps you reach your ultimate goal with your practice
                    • The secret to scheduling success
                    • What tasks you should delegate to others
                    • Evernote is the secret ingredient in the secret sauce
                    • How I use Evernote
                    • How I use Siri
                    • How I use email
                    • Life habits that make you productive and successful
                    • Screen capture for productivity
                    • Bluetooth your learning capacity
                    • How service to others fulfills you as a person
                    • Why productivity is important to make you a better servant
                    • The servant of the servants of God
                    • Duty is not a four letter word
                      • 45 min
                    • 016 Rachel Wynn - Research And Tools To Help Your Private Practice

                      Rachel Wynn is a private practice Speech Therapist with an award-winning blog at GrayMatterTherapy.com. Rachel worked in a nursing home setting and became disillusioned with what she saw there. Her entrepreneurial husband encouraged her to step out into private practice so she finally took the leap. After discovering her niche, she soon figured out that even though she loved what she was doing she was not able to make money doing it. She had to pivot and go in a different direction. She actually went in a few different directions. You will want to hear how an entrepreneur therapist isn't reactive but proactive in taking her private practice in new and exciting directions.

                      Here are some topics we cover:

                      • How to fail and succeed at networking
                      • Evidence based practice tools
                      • Your website may have a problem
                      • Importance of presentations and community events
                      • The "Why" of your practice and how it makes a difference
                      • The Area Agency on Aging tool
                      • Private Practice is not just one on one treatment
                        • 50 min

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